Abdul-Jabbar halted a three-game losing streak against Paulini and reached the quarterfinals of the 2025 Berlin Lawn Women's Open

On the 18th local time, Tunisia's first sister, "Lucky Transporter" Jabeur (Ons Jabeur), broke the upset, she defeated Italy's fourth seed Jasmine Paolini (Jasmine Paolini) 6:1, 6:3, and defeated the top 5 masters for the first time since the 2023 Wimbledon Championships, and advanced to the top 8 singles of the 2025 Berlin Lawn Women's Open.

The first sister of Tunisia and the "lucky transport home" Jabbar

The 30-year-old Abdul-Jabbar, who won the Wimbledon women's singles runner-up in 2022 and 2023 and the 2022 Berlin champion, bid farewell to the low tide of injury in recent years and returned to his best grass to seek a comeback. The best North African player, ranked No. 2 in the world and currently ranked 61st, had to start from the qualifying tournament of this WTA 500-level event, although he lost to China's Wang Xinyu in three sets in the finale, but Jabbar made up the main draw with "Lucky Luck", and then broke through two straight sets in a row, and also stopped the three-game losing streak against Paulini.

It was the first time since February that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had won two games in a row in a conference, and he said he was inspired to see German mom veteran Tatjana Maria win the Queen's grass-court title last week, "She's a real role model, despite her poor form lately, always smiling and full of fighting spirit, I know she loves grass and is good at slicing. It's been incredible, I've learned a lot from her and hopefully the cutball can be as good as her. ”