Emma Raducanu v Ons Jabeur LIVE: Score and updates from Abu Dhabi Open clash
Raducanu faces Jabeur in the last 16 as she continues her injury comeback
Emma Raducanu takes on Ons Jabeur at the Abu Dhabi Open this afternoon with a place in the quarter-finals up for grabs.
Raducanu advanced to the last 16 as she breezed past world No 26 Marie Bouzkova 6-4 6-1 on Monday, winning 10 of her final 11 games to book a meeting with three-time grand slam finalist Jabeur, the tournament’s second seed.
Former US Open champion Raducanu is playing in just her third tournament in eight months, having compiled a 3-2 record since returning from multiple wrist and ankle surgeries at the start of the season.
The 21-year-old fell at the second hurdle at both the Auckland International and the Australian Open, where she battled a stomach bug in her three-set defeat to Wafan Wang.
Follow all the action from the last-16 clash below:
Raducanu 4-6 Jabeur
Raducanu will serve at the start of the second set.
Raducanu 4-6 Jabeur
Jabeur wins the first point easily to go 15-0 up.
But this time she does win it straightforwardly, and wins the first set.
Raducanu 4-5 Jabeur
Jabeur has another chance to serve for the set here, can she win it this time? She has already dropped four set points
Raducanu 4-5 Jabeur
Jabeur wins the first points via the help of the net on the first point of Raducanu’s service game, and she takes a 0-30 lead with a strong forehand down the line.
She pulls one back at 15-30, when a serve return is splayed wide, but Jabeur sets up two set points with a classy sliced drop shot.
Raducanu prevents one with a good move and a forehand winner. She smashes a high forehand to save a fourth set point and take the game to deuce.
The youngster takes the advantage, but Jabeur fights back, creates a good angle and it will be another deuce.
Raducanu forces the Tunisian wide and takes another advantage and she wins the game!
Raducanu 3-5 Jabeur
Raducanu drops two set points in a Jabeur fightback, and after three deuces, she claims the game!
The Brit is fighting back in this set.
Raducanu 2-5 Jabeur
Despite challenging the call for her first serve and it being called out, she goes 15-0 up with her second.
The 30-0 comes as Jabeur was tempted into a stunning forehand down the line, but her attempted-winner went wide of the court.
Raducanu makes it 40-0. This is the first really convincing game from the young Brit, and she takes it 40-0
Raducanu 1-5 Jabeur
No nonsense from Ons Jabeur, a straightforward game, and she is now just one away from taking the first set.
Raducanu 1-4 Jabeur
Jabeur keeps taking every chance on offer, and pulls it back to deuce with a great passing shot right into the corner that Raducanu just can’t get to.
She claims the advantage, but hits the ball into the net on her break point so it goes back to deuce.z
Jabeur forces a second break point, and again hits it into the net after some great movement and hard-hitting from Raducanu.
However the Tunisian secures a third break point with a cross-court forehand, and she does have the game when a backhand from Raducanu goes long.
Raducanu 1-3 Jabeur
Jabeur seems to be growing into this match, and claims the fourth game with some clever play.
It seems she is getting the crowd behind her as well.
Raducanu 1-2 Jabeur
Raducanu wins the first point of her second service game when Jabeur’s return goes long.
She has never beaten a top-10 player, despite having a grand slam title to her name, and quickly makes it 30-0.
Another missed return and Raducanu should be in sight of winning her first game in this match at 40-0, and she does hold.
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