Jabeur blasts her way into Wimbledon second round in under an hour
Ons Jabeur blasted her way into the second round at Wimbledon on Tuesday evening with a 55-minute, 6-3 6-1 demolition of Japan's Moyuka Uchijima.
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The Tunisian 10th seed, runner-up for the last two years, made light work of her world 68th-ranked opponent, breaking her immediately to take a 3-0 lead before each held their serve for the rest of the first set.
Ons the entertainer 🇹🇳
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The Minister of Happiness bringing the joy to the Wimbledon crowd 🫶#Wimbledon pic.twitter.com/FSPonBLaI9
Jabeur then cranked up the power a notch in the second set, while simultaneously shutting down the angles as she snuffed out Uchijima's game.
As the game drew to a close the Japanese player, making her first appearance in the main draw in south London, looked skyward a number of times in obvious frustration.
She fended off three match points but finally caved in on the fourth, another thumping Jabeur forehand winner to close out the match.
Getting Ons with it ⏱️@Ons_Jabeur beats Moyuka Uchijima 6-3, 6-1 in just 55 minutes 🇹🇳#Wimbledon pic.twitter.com/lYbyqdd1SM
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In a steamroller performance, Jabeur won every single one of her first-serve points and fired in 21 winners to her opponent's nine.
Jabeur next meets American Robin Montgomery, ranked 161 in the world, as she pursues her dream of a Grand Slam triumph.
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