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Wimbledon: World number two Ons Jabeur breezes into round two

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Monday, 27 June 2022 06:22

World number two Ons Jabeur comfortably progressed to the second round at Wimbledon with a straight-set victory over qualifier Mirjam Bjorklund.

The Tunisian third seed beat her Swedish opponent 6-1 6-3 to make the ideal start to the championships.

Jabeur had withdrawn from the Eastbourne International prior to Wimbledon with a knee injury.

But she showed no sign of struggling with the issue as she needed just 53 minutes to secure the win.

Elsewhere, Estonian second seed Anett Kontaveit defeated Bernarda Pera of the United States 7-5 6-1.

Kontaveit, who has never gone beyond the third round at Wimbledon, will play Germany's Jule Niemeier next, while Jabeur will face Poland's Katarzyna Kawa.

Jabeur, who rose to a career-high second in the world rankings on Monday, reached the quarter-finals at Wimbledon last year, seeing off Venus Williams, Garbine Muguruza and Iga Swiatek before losing to Aryna Sabalenka.

She comes into this tournament in strong form, having won the German Open earlier this month.

"It is a great start for me and I want to go as far as I can in this tournament," Jabeur, 27, said.

"Today I achieved my highest ranking. It is really amazing to be here, back in Wimbledon on one of the surfaces I really like.

"One of the reasons I love to play here is the crowd. No matter what the ranking is they always support me.

"Last time I was here everyone was cheering for Venus [Williams] but by the end they were cheering for me a little bit."

Polish qualifier Maja Chwalinska enjoyed a dream Wimbledon debut as the 20-year-old overcame Czech world number 65 Katerina Siniakova 6-0 7-5 to reach the second round.

Chwalinska had been knocked out of the first round of qualifying at the tournament last year and then took an indefinite leave from tennis, revealing that she had been battling depression for two years.external-link

She returned after four months away from the sport before upsetting Coco Vandeweghe to qualify for her first Grand Slam main draw.

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