Jabeur reaches second round with straight-sets win over Frech – despite “hating routine”

Tunisian Ons Jabeur, the No 6 seed, advanced to the second round of Wimbledon by defeating Pole Magdalena Frech 6-3, 6-3 at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Tuesday afternoon.

She said on court afterwards that her stylish flair on court comes from hatred of routine, adding: “I like to entertain the crowd doing some cool shots!”

She explained: “I’m just trying to enjoy my time here, doing some cool drop shots and seeing what’s going to happen.”

The Tunisian admitted she had some mixed feelings returning to a tournament she loves after her painful defeat in last year’s final, saying: “I entered the locker room and it was Elena [Rybakina]’s photo with the trophy – that didn’t help!”

But she confirmed she’s thinking positive: “It always feels so great to come back here. Last year I had an amazing year, hopefully this year will be a little bit better.”

Jabeur, ranked No 6, will play the winner of the match between Belgian Ysaline Bonaventure and Chinese qualifier Zhuoxuan Bai next.

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London (Grand Slam), other first-round results (All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, grass, GBP 2.000.000, most recent results first):

• Yanina Wickmayer vs. Anna Blinkova
• Irina-Camelia Begu vs. Rebecca Marino
• Linda Noskova vs. Dalma Galfi
• Karolina Muchova vs. Jule Niemeier
• Heather Watson vs. Barbora Krejcikova
• Mirra Andreeva vs. Xiyu Wang
• Sonay Kartal vs. Madison Keys
• Viktorija Golubic vs. Anna Karolina Schmiedlova
• Alison Riske-Amritraj vs. Paula Badosa
• Maria Sakkari vs. Marta Kostyuk
• Greet Minnen vs. Jelena Ostapenko
• Sorana Cirstea vs. Tatjana Maria
• Jaqueline Cristian vs. Lucia Bronzetti
• Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Yulia Putintseva
• Jessica Bouzas Maneiro vs. Anhelina Kalinina
• Anna Bondar vs. Bianca Andreescu
• Panna Udvardy vs. Aryna Sabalenka
• Varvara Gracheva vs. Camila Giorgi
• Nao Hibino vs. Alize Cornet
• Jasmine Paolini vs. Petra Kvitova
• Aliaksandra Sasnovich vs. Nuria Parrizas Diaz
• Carol Zhao vs. Tamara Korpatsch
• Karolina Pliskova vs. Natalija Stevanovic
• Anett Kontaveit vs. Lucrezia Stefanini
• Shuai Zhang vs. Donna Vekic
• Sloane Stephens vs. Rebecca Peterson
• Camila Osorio vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
• Danielle Collins vs. Julia Grabher
• Elena Rybakina (3) beat Shelby Rogers: 4-6, 6-1, 6-2
• Emma Navarro vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
• Madison Brengle vs. Sara Errani
• Kaja Juvan vs. Margarita Betova
• Anastasia Potapova vs. Celine Naef
• Katie Boulter vs. Daria Saville
• Bernarda Pera vs. Viktoriya Tomova
• Ysaline Bonaventure vs. Zhuoxuan Bai
• Marie Bouzkova (32) beat Simona Waltert (Q): 6-1, 6-4
• Sofia Kenin (Q) beat Coco Gauff (7): 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
• Katerina Siniakova beat Qinwen Zheng (24): 6-3, 7-5
• Rebeka Masarova beat Mayar Sherif (31): 7-5, 3-6, 7-6 (6)
• Elise Mertens (28) beat Viktoria Hruncakova (Q): 7-6 (2), 6-2
• Elina Svitolina (WC) beat Venus Williams (WC): 6-4, 6-3
• Belinda Bencic (14) beat Katie Swan (WC): 7-5, 6-2
• Daria Kasatkina (11) beat Caroline Dolehide: 6-1, 6-4
• Xinyu Wang beat Storm Hunter (Q): 6-3, 6-1
• Jodie Burrage (WC) beat Catherine McNally: 6-1, 6-3
• Marketa Vondrousova beat Peyton Stearns: 6-2, 7-5
• Sara Sorribes Tormo beat Martina Trevisan: 6-3, 6-1
• Magda Linette (23) beat Jil Teichmann: 6-3, 6-2
• Leylah Fernandez beat Kateryna Baindl: 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
• Caroline Garcia (5) beat Katie Volynets: 6-4, 6-3
• Lesia Tsurenko beat Claire Liu: 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
• Iga Swiatek (1) beat Lin Zhu: 6-1, 6-3
• Veronika Kudermetova (12) beat Kaia Kanepi: 7-6 (4), 6-4
• Jessica Pegula (4) beat Lauren Davis: 6-2, 6-7 (8), 6-3
• Victoria Azarenka (19) beat Yue Yuan (Q): 6-4, 5-7, 6-4
• Ana Bogdan beat Liudmila Samsonova (15): 7-6 (1), 7-6 (4)
• Alycia Parks beat Anna-Lena Friedsam: 6-4, 6-3
• Cristina Bucsa beat Kamilla Rakhimova: 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (9)
• Nadia Podoroska beat Tereza Martincova: 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4
• Barbora Strycova beat Maryna Zanevska: 6-1, 7-5
• Petra Martic (30) beat Linda Fruhvirtova: 7-5, 6-7 (5), 4-1 ret.
• Diane Parry beat Harriet Dart (WC): 6-7 (4), 6-0, 6-4