Tunisian Ons Jabeur swept Frenchwoman Caroline Garcia in the U.S. Open semifinals to reach her second consecutive Grand Slam final.
Jabeur, the Wimbledon runner-up, prevailed 6-1, 6-3, advancing to Saturday's final against top-ranked Iga Swiatek of Poland or No. 6 seed Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus. Jabeur had eight aces despite getting just 43 percent of her first serves in (23 total).
The 28-year-old Jabeur is the only African woman and Arab or North African man or woman to reach a major final in the Open Era. She was the higher seed in the Wimbledon final in July, but Kazakh Elena Rybakina rallied past her 3-6, 6-2, 6-2.
"After Wimbledon, a lot of pressure on me," Jabeur said Thursday. "I'm really relieved that I can back up my results."
Garcia, the former world No. 4 in 2018 who tumbled to No. 79 earlier this year, had her 13-match win streak snapped in her first major semifinal. A dominant player in her first five matches at the U.S. Open, she had nearly twice as many unforced errors as winners against Jabeur.
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