Jabeur maintains momentum, reaches semi-finals in Stuttgart

Tunisian Ons Jabeur, the No 3 seed, reached the semi-finals of the Porsche Grand Prix by defeating Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia (6-3, 6-0) at the Porsche-Arena in Stuttgart on Friday evening.

The winner in Charleston, Jabeur is starting to build a very good form after a rough start of the year due to a knee injury.

Jabeur, ranked No 4, will face the winner of the match between Pole Iga Swiatek, the top seed, and Czech Karolina Pliskova next.

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Ahead of her victory, the Tunisian won against Latvian Jelena Ostapenko (1-6, 7-5, 6-3).

Haddad Maia, ranked No 14, benefited from the abandonment of Italian Martina Trevisan (7-5, 1-1) and Kazakh Elena Rybakina, the No 6 seed (6-1, 3-1 ret.) in the previous rounds of the Stuttgart Open.

Stuttgart WTA 500, other last 8 results (Porsche-Arena, EUR 780.637, most recent results first):

• Iga Swiatek vs. Karolina Pliskova
• Anastasia Potapova beat Caroline Garcia (4): 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
• Aryna Sabalenka (2) beat Paula Badosa (WC): 4-6, 6-4, 6-4