Jabeur sets up Rybakina meeting in Abu Dhabi Open last eight

Jabeur, ranked No 33, will face Kazakh Elena Rybakina, the top seed, next. The two have played five matches against each other already, with the Tunisian leading 3-2 in the head-to-head.

In the previous round of the Abu Dhabi tournament, the Tunisian won against Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, the No 7 seed (7-6 (4), 7-5).

Wakana Sonobe beat Chinese Yue Yuan (6-4, 6-3) in the previous round of the Abu Dhabi tournament.

Abu Dhabi WTA 500, other second-round results (International Tennis Centre, Zayed Sports City, hard, USD 1.064.510, most recent results first):

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