Romania’s Simona Halep ousted Ons Jabeur in straight sets Thursday to reach the semfinals at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships in the United Arab Emirates.
Halep defeated the eighth-seeded Tunisian 6-4, 6-3 in an hour, 20 minutes. Halep, a former World No. 1, overcame four double faults and three service breaks to outlast Jabeur in the quarterfinals and improve to 11-1 in 2022.
Halep will face Latvia’s Jelena Ostapenko, a 7-5, 5-7, 7-6 (9) winner over Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic.
The other semifinal will pit Czech Marketa Vondrousova against Russian Veronika Kudermetova, who ousted Jil Teichmann of Switzerland, 6-2, 5-7, 6-4. Vondrousova beat Dayana Yastremska of Ukraine 7-5, 6-4.
–Field Level Media