Ons Jabeur

The shattered No.2 seed could be seen slumped on the floor of the players' tunnel after her Australian Open heartbreak. More here.

Second-seeded Ons Jabeur became the latest top player to exit the Australian Open in the second round, beaten by 86th-ranked Marketa Vondrousova 6-1, 5-7, ...

The left-handed Vondrousova reached the final of the French Open as a teenager in 2019 but has never made it past the fourth round in 17 other appearances at Grand Slam tournaments. She reached the quarterfinals in Melbourne in 2020 but missed the tournament a year ago with an injured back. Jabeur, who is from Tunisia, was the runner-up at Wimbledon and the US Open in 2022 and came to Australia considered a contender for what would be her first Grand Slam title.

Tunisian second seed Ons Jabeur crashes out in the second round of the Australian Open following a 6-1 5-7 6-1 defeat at the hands of Marketa Vondrousova; ...

The 38-year-old major winner will retire after the Australian Open. "I love playing, I love competing. You just start going for it and let whatever happens happen." "She always plays fast and puts me under pressure. Vondrousova was sidelined for much of last season following wrist surgery, and she said: "It's amazing. After the surgery, coming back into the big tournaments, you never know how you're going to do.

Eurosport experts Tim Henman and Barbara Schett were surprised by the emotion of Ons Jabeur following her defeat to Marketa Vondrousova.

She wanted to do some damage this year at this Grand Slam and it obviously didn’t work out. The world No. “She’s the No. 1 Henman on Eurosport. Australian Open [Jabeur was beaten 1-6 7-5 6-1 by the world No.

It made the 11th seed to crash out on the day. Second seed Caspar Ruud, 8th seed Taylor Fritz, 12th seed Alexander Zverev, 14th seed Pablo Carreno Busta, 23rd ...

“It’s always tough to come back after such a long time,” she said. And I’m just so happy to be through.” I just tried to stay focused and play my game. Jabeur, who missed last year’s Australian Open with a back injury, won Madrid and Berlin trophies last year in a breakout season which propelled her to second in the rankings. “I worked on my fitness a lot and I’m just very happy to be back on this level and to be able to play these sorts of matches.” “I just started in November and I felt good and I did great,” said the left-handed Vondrousova, who reached the last 16 at Melbourne Park in 2021.

Marketa Vondrousova claimed a huge scalp at the Australian Open after knocking out second seed Ons Jabeur.

“It’s always tough to come back after such a long time, but I just started again in November and I felt good. I just tried to stay focused, play my game and I’m very happy to beat her. Vondrousova could not take advantage of another break to allow Jabeur to take a 6-5 lead, and she subsequently sealed the second set with a game to love. She did just that after Jabeur failed to take advantage of a set point, hitting a shot into the net and allowed the Czech to level the scores, finishing things off with her first ace of the match. A fine forehand strike left the Tunisian serving for the set after moving 5-3 in front, but her anguish was clear to see after Vondrousova fought back again on her third break point to leave the Czech serving to level the set. Vondrousova was able to level things up on her serve, but Jabeur raced then raced into a 4-1 lead, taking advantage of her second break point in the fourth game to move 3-1 in front.

Tunisian second seed Ons Jabeur committed 50 unforced errors in her second-round defeat to Marketa Vondrousova at the Australian Open, knocked out in ...

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The world No.2 was stunned by world No.86 Marketa Vondrousova late on Thursday night, knocked out in the second round after consecutive grand slam finals ...

She was shown heading into the corridor but as she made it up the stairs between the court and the hallway, Jabeur collapsed to her knees, in tears, then sat there for what felt like an eternity, clearly distraught. Live Coverage of ATP + WTA Tour Tournaments including Every Finals Match. Watch Tennis Live with beIN SPORTS on Kayo.