Ons Jabeur

“It was so much fun playing with Ons. It was great, we had a lot of fun, and our opponents played amazing. We just tried to stay in the game after the first set.“ Williams, who played her first match of the year, also answered a question about her future plans. “I’m not looking far ahead. I took my time after my hamstring injury, so I’m not going to make a bunch of decisions after that. I felt good on the court and I told Ons in the first set, that we’re not playing bad, they’re the ones who played…

The match ended 3-6, 7-6, 7-5 in favour of Linette. “Last year I lost to Ons here, this year in Miami, so I kind of knew what to expect. I had a definite game plan, but on the other hand, I knew she was on fire in terms of form right now, I just had to fight for every point and show real moral fortitude,” Linette said at the postgame press conference. Notably, before Roland Garros, Jabeur was one of the strongest tennis players on the tour on the clay she won the WTA-1000 tournament in Madrid and reached the…