PARIS: Ons Jabeur enjoyed the most efficacious clay court season on the WTA Tour coming into Paris. She had notched up 17 wins. The Tunisian, however, failed to find an out on Sunday as she went down 6-3, 6-7 (4), 5-7 to Poland's Magda Linette in the first round.
Jabeur, who won the WTA 1000 title in Madrid earlier this month, couldn't check a determined Linette. "I felt that she had an answer to all my shots, she played very well in the important moments," the 27-year-old said. "I felt that I couldn't pressure her as much as I wanted to. She was playing top-20 today."
