Ons Jabeur’s Miami Open journey got here to a painful and untimely finish because the Tunisian star retired within the first set of her third-round match in opposition to Italy’s Jasmine Paolini. After simply 31 minutes of play, Jabeur was pressured to withdraw whereas trailing 4-3, citing a left leg harm.
After a first-round bye, seed No. 31 Jabeur defeated Katerina Siniakova 6-4 7-6(7), however then needed to retire within the third spherical in opposition to Paolini. This photograph reveals her left leg being taped under the knee and Paolini and umpire Julie Kjendlie serving to her stroll off the court docket.
Because the WTA highlighted, this was Paolini’s first win over a Prime 30 participant after 5 consecutive unsuccessful makes an attempt. The sixth seed now advances to the spherical of 16, the place she’s going to face the winner of the match between Naomi Osaka and wildcard Hailey Baptiste.
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