Early to bed, early to rise: Jabeur beats Pegula in Chicago

Published September 30, 2021 12:01 PM

CHICAGO (AP) — Ons Jabeur put aside an early wakeup call and a slow start to reach the Chicago Fall Tennis Classic quarterfinals by coming back to beat Jessica Pegula 1-6, 6-2, 6-3. The sixth-seeded Jabeur advanced to face No. 1 seed Elina Svitolina. Jabeur is a 27-year-old Tunisian who is ranked a career-best No. 16 this week. She said she woke up at 5:30 a.m. on Thursday to get ready for the 9 a.m. match. Her 42 tour wins in 2021 are second only to No. 2-ranked Aryna Sabalenka’s 43. Other seeded women reaching the quarterfinals included No. 5 Elena Rybakina and No. 10 Danielle Collins.

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