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[UPDATE] French Open: Jabeur sweeps into quarter-finals
She is the first Brazilian woman in a Slam quarter-final since Maria Bueno in 1968 and will face world number seven Ons Jabeur of Tunisia for a place in the semi-finals.
Tunisian seventh seed Ons Jabeur powered into the French Open quarter-finals for the first time on Monday with a 6-3, 6-1 rout of American Bernarda Pera.
Jabeur, a Wimbledon and US Open runner-up last year, will meet Brazilian 14th seed Beatriz Haddad Maia or Spain’s Sara Sorribes Tormo for a semi-final spot.
Beatriz Haddad Maia battled from a set and 3-0 down to defeat Sara Sorribes Tormo in a three-hour 51-minute epic to reach a maiden Grand Slam quarter-final at the French Open on Monday.
The 27-year-old Brazilian left-hander came through 6-7 (3/7), 6-3, 7-5 against her 132nd-ranked Spanish opponent on Court Suzanne Lenglen in the longest match of this year’s women’s tournament.
She is the first Brazilian woman in a Slam quarter-final since Maria Bueno in 1968 and will face world number seven Ons Jabeur of Tunisia for a place in the semi-finals.
Haddad Maia, ranked 14, claimed victory on a fourth match point.
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