Clara Tauson vs Ons Jabeur Preview & Prediction | 2024 French Open | Round of 16
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Clara Tauson appears to be rediscovering her rising star but meeting Ons Jabeur for the first time is one of the trickiest tests in tennis.
START DATE/TIME: Sunday 2nd June 2024, UK – not before 13:15 / US EST – not before 08:15 / US PST – not before 05:15
VENUE: Roland Garros Stadium, Paris, France
SURFACE: Outdoor clay
HOW TO WATCH ON TV: UK – Eurosport / US – NBC, Peacock and Tennis
HOW TO WATCH ONLINE: UK – discovery+ / US – NBC, Peacock and Tennis
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CLARA TAUSON – Through to the round of 16 at a Grand Slam for the first time
21-year-old Clara Tauson put in one of her best performances since her initial breakthrough season in 2021, ousting former finalist Sofia Kenin in straight sets on Friday to back up an upset over ninth seed Jelena Ostapenko. The Dane reached three WTA tour finals in 2021, winning two of them in Lyon and Luxembourg, but it has taken her several years to transition her superior junior game into a main tour package.
ONS JABEUR – Three-time runner-up at Grand Slams
World number nine Ons Jabeur put in her best performance of the season to beat Leylah Fernandez in tight straight sets on Friday, taking a 4-0 lead in their head-to-head but a first without dropping a set to the Canadian. The 29-year-old has needed plenty of time to recover, mentally and physically, from her heart-breaking defeat to Marketa Vondrousova in the Wimbledon final last summer but she appears to be on the right path back to her positive best now.
Jabeur’s best effort at Roland-Garros was a quarter-final exit to Beatriz Haddad-Maia here last summer but she won the Madrid Masters in 2022 to prove her credentials on this surface.
CLARA TAUSON VS ONS JABEUR PREDICTION
Clara Tauson was once very much in the same conversation as contemporaries Emma Raducanu and Leylah Fernandez but the 2021 US Open finalists’ fortunes since perhaps depict how hard it is for young players to cope with initial success.
The Dane’s power is better-suited to hardcourts and grass, with this form likely to see her enjoy a huge rise up the rankings this summer, but a first meeting with Ons Jabeur looks one step too far in these conditions as the Tunisian will target the youngster’s slightly languid movement. Three sets seem likelier than two but back Jabeur, who will be backed almost as a home player here in Paris, to reach the quarter-finals.
CLARA TAUSON VS ONS JABEUR TIP: ONS JABEUR TO WIN
