Ons Jabeur will cap one of the best season of her profession with a desert duel.
World No. 2 Jabeur will face 2021 US Open champion Emma Raducanu in protection of her Mubadala World Tennis Championship crown in Abu Dhabi on December sixteenth.
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Final yr, Jabeur turned the primary Arab to contest – and win – the annual Mubadala World Tennis Championship at Zayed Sports activities Metropolis.
The 28-year-old confronted Tokyo Olympic gold medalist Belinda Bencic within the headline girls’s match and got here from a set down to assert a memorable 4-6, 6-3, (10-8) victory, to the delight of a raucous crowd contained in the Worldwide Tennis Centre.
“Enjoying in Abu Dhabi is all the time thrilling,” Jabeur mentioned forward of her look on the three-day championship, which runs from December 16-18th. “I had a improbable expertise there in 2021 and I don’t wish to lose the chance to defend my championship title this yr.
“Other than the match itself, I’m most excited to see my followers there – I discover them extraordinarily particular as they’ve supported me all through each competitors I’ve participated on this yr.”
On the other facet of the online will probably be Raducanu, who made historical past as the primary qualifier, male or feminine, to seize a Grand Slam singles championship. Raducanu was the primary participant to win the US Open girls’s singles title with out dropping a set since Serena Williams in 2014.
“I’m thrilled to lastly be making my debut in Abu Dhabi,” mentioned Raducanu. “I’ve heard nice issues in regards to the followers and the way supportive they’re, and I can’t wait to play in entrance of all of them.”
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