I love playing on this surface, and I feel like I know exactly what to do against her.” “I know she struggled a little bit with the balls here, but I don’t see her struggling much, to be honest with you! She’s playing awesome. “Iga never loses finals, so it’s going to be very tough,” Jabeur said. Their most recent meeting though came in the final on the clay of Rome, which Swiatek won for the loss of just four games. Jabeur and Swiatek have a perfectly even head-to-head record, splitting their previous four meetings and even having won the same number of sets. The Belarusian, who saved match points against Kaia Kanepi a week ago, led 4-2 in the final set, only to lose 16 of the last 20 points and hand Swiatek her place in a third grand slam final. Swiatek meanwhile was pushed hard in the semi-finals by Aryna Sabalenka. But Jabeur held her nerve against one of her best friends on tour, a victory that confirmed her title credentials. The Australian had knocked out the great Serena Williams, quietening a raucous crowd, and then Liudmila Samsonova, the Washington and Cleveland champion this summer. Jabeur’s best win en route to the final actually came against Ajla Tomljanovic in the quarter-finals. Garcia had been on a 13-match unbeaten run but gave nothing like her best, spraying 23 unforced errors in total and being broken four times, more than the entire tournament to this point combined. “I know she was very confident so I had to really impose my game from the beginning, and it was working very well until the end of the match.” “It was the plan to just follow my coach for the first time, 100 per cent!” Jabeur said. Jabeur beat good friend and former junior rival Caroline Garcia in a one-sided semi-final on Thursday, triumphing 6-1 6-3 in just 66 minutes. Irrespective of the result, Swiatek and Jabeur will be the No 1 and No 2 players in the world on Monday when the rankings refresh, but lifting the trophy will mean so much more. I feel like people are going to believe even more in playing tennis and becoming professional tennis players.” “Definitely is going to give a powerful message. “I’m hearing that they want to call a complex under my name in Tunisia. Not before 9pm: Iga Swiatek (1) vs Ons Jabeur (5).5pm: Mixed doubles final, Storm Sanders/John Peers (4) vs Kirsten Flipkens/Edouard Roger-Vasselin.The US Open’s YouTube channel will broadcast extended highlights of match. Prime customers can watch for no additional fees, while non-Prime members can start a 30-day free trial (£7.99/month or £79/year) or sign up to a Prime Video subscription (£5.99/month). How to watchĪmazon Prime hold the broadcasting rights for the US Open in the UK, and the streaming service – available on Smart TVs as well as laptops, mobile devices and gaming consoles – offers viewers the option to select the match of their choice. But they really interested in that sport,” Jabeur said. “I just remember when I won the juniors 2011 French Open, there is a lot of tennis players trying to play tennis.
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