Tennis-Seventh seed Jabeur subdues risk-taking Dodin for third round spot


Tennis - French Open - Roland Garros, Paris, France - June 1, 2023 Tunisia's Ons Jabeur in action during her second round match against France's Oceane Dodin REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

PARIS (Reuters) - World number seven Ons Jabeur played the odds in her French Open match against daredevil Oceane Dodin on Thursday to win 6-2 6-3 and march into the third round.

Jabeur has endured a stop-start season in which she had minor knee surgery before winning the title in Charleston and skipping the Madrid Open with a calf problem.

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