Giorgi bounces back from Venus loss with defeat of Jabeur

Camila Giorgi put last week’s disappointing loss to Venus Williams on the back burner as the Italian Wimbledon finalist Ons jabeur out in the second round of the Eastbourne tournament on Wednesday.

No. 67 Giorgi showed her particular affinity for the grass courts of the English south coast with a 6-3, 6-2 defeat of the Tunisian fourth seed.

Jabeur will head to the All England Club with losses in two of her three preliminary grass matches.

The Italian was defeated last week by the 42-year-old Williams at Birmingham.

Giorgi is looking to reach her third straight semi-final at Eastbourne but will have to get past Jelena Ostapenko after the Latvian who won the Birmingham title at the weekend, defeated Brit Harriet Dart 6-3, 6-4.

“It was not an easy match, it was super windy today,” Ostapenko said.

“After Birmingham, it’s completely different conditions, so it was very tough to get used to it.

“But I think in the deciding moments, I played good and showed my level.”

The winner fired eight aces as she left the host nation without a representative in the draw.

Camila Giorgi put last week’s disappointing loss to Venus Williams on the back burner as the Italian Wimbledon finalist Ons jabeur out in the second round of the Eastbourne tournament on Wednesday.

No. 67 Giorgi showed her particular affinity for the grass courts of the English south coast with a 6-3, 6-2 defeat of the Tunisian fourth seed.

Jabeur will head to the All England Club with losses in two of her three preliminary grass matches.

The Italian was defeated last week by the 42-year-old Williams at Birmingham.

Giorgi is looking to reach her third straight semi-final at Eastbourne but will have to get past Jelena Ostapenko after the Latvian who won the Birmingham title at the weekend, defeated Brit Harriet Dart 6-3, 6-4.

“It was not an easy match, it was super windy today,” Ostapenko said.


“After Birmingham, it’s completely different conditions, so it was very tough to get used to it.

“But I think in the deciding moments, I played good and showed my level.”

The winner fired eight aces as she left the host nation without a representative in the draw.

Bill Scott

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