Ons Jabeur will take on Tatjana Maria in the 2022 Wimbledon Championships semifinal match on Thursday.
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Tatjana Maria extended her Cinderella run by defeating fellow Countrywoman Jule Niemeier in three sets in the second quarterfinal match in the bottom half of the women’s singles draw. Niemeier outscored her rival three to one to win the set 6-4. By winning 71 percent of the points off Niemeier’s second serve and 12 of the 15 times she went for the net, she won the second set 6-2. Niemeier was serving at a 5-3 advantage when she lost focus, handing her opponent three break points. To tie the score, Maria scored in the second. Niemeier erred on a serve and volley when serving to stay in the game at 6-5, 15-40 down, bringing Maria to her maiden Major semifinal in her 46th Grand Slam attempt.
Ons Jabeur lost a set for the first time in the competition when she faced Marie Bouzkova in the quarterfinals. In the first set, the Tunisian player was unable to take advantage of her serve, winning only 53% of her first-serve points. After winning the German Open in 2022, Jabeur quickly regained her previous form, winning the following two sets with just two points lost. Jabeur won the next two sets in just 47 minutes after the first set lasted 42 minutes. Only three of the nine break points Bouzkova faced could be saved. After the first set, the match began to favour Jabeur, who finally outhit her rival by a margin of 16 wins winning the match by 3-6, 6-1, 6-1 booking her ticket for the semifinal.
Ons Jabeur and Tatjana Maria are scheduled to face each other on Thursday, July 7 in the quarter final round of the 2022 Wimbledon Championships. The timing of the match has not been decided yet. The Championship is scheduled to begin on June 27 and go on until July 10.
| Player | Seed |
| Iga Swiatek | 1 |
| Anett Kontaveit | 2 |
| Ons Jabeur | 3 |
| Paula Badosa | 4 |
| Maria Sakkari | 5 |
| Karolina Pliskova | 6 |
| Danielle Collins | 7 |
| Jessica Pegula | 8 |
| Garbine Muguruza | 9 |
| Emma Raducanu | 10 |
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128 players enter The Championships’ main draw every year, both for the Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s Singles categories. These players go through a series of elimination matches before only one victor remains. Overall, there are seven rounds in the main draw of Wimbledon. These are the first round, second round, third round, fourth round, quarter-final, semi-final and final.
| Competition stage | Dates |
| First round | June 27-28 |
| Second round | June 29-30 |
| Third round | July 1-2 |
| Fourth round | July 3-4 |
| Quarter-final | July 5-6 |
| Semi-final | July 7 (Ladies’), July 8 (Gentlemen’s) |
| Final | July 9 (Ladies’), July 10 (Gentlemen’s) |
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