Wimbledon: Ons Jabeur overcomes Andreescu in three sets, Reaches third straight Round of 16 

Ons Jabeur returned to the second week of Wimbledon for the third straight year after defeating Bianca Andreescu in a three-set thriller.

World No.6 seed Ons Jabeur had to dodge the rain and come from a break down in the third set to reach the second week of Wimbledon for the third year in a row.

Jabeur defeated Bianca Andreescu 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 in 1 hour and 48 minutes and reprised the result of her only previous meeting with Andreescu in the third round of Montreal in 2021, when she had ended the Canadian’s title defense 6-7(5), 6-4, 6-1.

Last year’s runner-up advances to the fourth round of a major for the eighth time overall and will next face No.9 seed Petra Kvitova in the fourth round. Earlier, the two-time champion advanced 6-3, 7-5 past qualifier Natalija Stevanovic.

The former World No.5 Andreescu was making her Centre Court debut and bidding for her first Top 10 win at a Grand Slam since defeating Serena Williams in the 2019 US Open final. Though she fell short over three top-quality sets, the 23-year-old Andreescu leaves Wimbledon with a career-best third-round showing under her belt.