No. 1 seed Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan survived an upset bid from Tunisia's Ons Jabeur and prevailed 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (4) in the quarterfinals of the Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open on Thursday. Jabeur saved two consecutive match points in the 12th game of the third set to force a tiebreaker.

In the Abu Dhabi WTA Women’s Tennis Open quarterfinals on Thursday, Elena Rybakina meets Ons Jabeur.In her last match on Wednesday, Rybakina took down Katie Volynets in three sets, 2-6, 6-4,

Elena Rybakina is the only player on the WTA Tour to have won at least one match in a third-set tie-break in each of the last five years