Elena Rybakina is the only player on the WTA Tour to have won at least one match in a third-set tie-break in each of the last five years

World number five Elena Rybakina progresses to the semi-finals of the Abu Dhabi Open, but British doubles hopeful Heather Watson goes home.

We are down to the semifinal stage at the WTA Abu Dhabi Open. Quarterfinal day included an epic battle between Elena Rybakina and Ons Jabeur, who contested the Wimbledon final in 2022.

Elena Rybakina (No. 5 ranking) will take on Ons Jabeur (No. 33) in the quarterfinals at the Abu Dhabi WTA Women’s Tennis Open on Thursday, 6.Rybakina is the favorite (-225) against

Defending champion Elena Rybakina edged out Ons Jabeur in a deciding-set tie-break on Thursday to reach the semi-finals of the Abu Dhabi Open. Kazakh Rybakina missed two match points in the 12th game of the third set but kept her cool to see off the challenge of three-time Grand Slam finalist Jabeur.

Ons Jabeur said she hoped for more noisy local support after setting up a box office quarter-final against top seed and defending champion Elena Rybakina at the Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open. Jabeur outgunned 17-year-old qualifier Sonobe Wakana 6-3,