Her three-set loss (1-6, 6-3, 0-6) to China’s Xinyu Wang—ranked 48th in the WTA standings (read artcile)—does not mean elimination for Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur!
Jabeur will indeed compete in the main draw of the Berlin tournament. How so? She secured a spot as a lucky loser—a place awarded to a player who loses in qualifying but enters the main draw due to a withdrawal.
She is now set to face American Caroline Dolehide in the first round, after the latter also benefitted from a withdrawal—this time by Russia’s Anastasia Potapova.
Here is the main draw as determined on Sunday afternoon:
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