After a tough victory over Ann Lee in three sets, Sobolenko fought Daria Kasatkina in the third round. Although the Belarusian lost an early advantage in the first set, she almost immediately regained control of the match.
Sobolenko took Kasatkina’s serve for the second time, leading 4:2 and staying ahead until the end of the set. The second racket in the world dominated its rival in the second set, winning the last four games of the match and prevailing with the score of 6-3, 6-3.
Zhaber picked up a memorable victory over Angelina Kalinina and advanced to the third round, where she faced Donna Vekic. The Tunisian tennis player took the opponent’s serve three times in the first set and made it 5-1.
Then Zhaber asked for a set, but Vekic managed to break and the score became 5:2. After that, the game had a short break due to rain. The Croatian decided to withdraw from the match during this delay due to illness, sending Jaber to the next round.
Sobolenko leads 3-2 in personal encounters with Zhaber. The Tunisian tennis player won his last meeting at Wimbledon 2023 in straight sets.
Jaber played at a pretty decent level against Vekic but the game was abruptly cut short due to the Croatian’s withdrawal. Sobolenko also added a lot, as the quality of tennis shown in his matches against Kasatkina was impressive.
During the match with Lee, it seemed that the insecure former Sobolenko had returned. She ran out of patience, her serve failed. But she overcame all the difficulties and won the match.
A much cleaner Sobolenko played against Kasatkina and won with a lot of confidence.
His previous encounter with Zhaber was at Wimbledon a few months ago when the Belarusian missed the lead and lost the match in three sets.
Back then, Zhaber not only caused Sobolenko problems with his shots and short shots, but backed him up with solid backline play. It could be another even game between them.
Sobolenko won the previous two matches on hard courts. If she plays with a cool head, she can beat Zhaber, otherwise the Tunisian tennis player will go further.
Forecast: victory of Arina Sobolenko in three sets.
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