Tunisia's Jabeur becomes 1st Arab woman to reach WTA 1000 final in Madrid

Tunisia's Ons Jabeur became the first Arab player to reach a WTA 1000 final after defeating qualifier Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-2, 6-3 in semi-final at Madrid Open on Thursday. "I'm very happy with the level I played with today," she added. The eighth-seed will play American Jessica Pegula, who beat Swiss Jil Teichmann 6-3, 6-4. It's Jabeur's second final of 2022.