Pliskova knocked out by Tunisia's Jabeur, Barty gets walkover

Tunisian Ons Jabeur dumped world number three Karolina Pliskova out of the WTA event in Doha to reach the quarter-finals, while top-ranked Ashleigh Barty received a walkover.

Australian Open quarter-finalist Jabeur came through a tight match against Pliskova, winning 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 to set up a last-eight tie against Petra Kvitova on Thursday.

Jabeur, who became the first Arab woman to reach a Grand Slam quarter-final in Melbourne, was broken when leading 4-2 in the deciding set, but hit back immediately before claiming her first win over a top-10 player since 2018.

The 25-year-old managed to see out the win despite appearing to struggle with a hamstring injury in the closing games.

"I had a sharp pain on my hamstring, right hamstring, when I was going for the forehand at 4-2 my serve," Jabeur told wtatennis.com.

"I didn't really want to call the physio, so people would not think that I'm doing it on purpose, and plus I didn't want to break the rhythm I was trying to maintain."
"Hopefully, my hamstring will be better. I'm going to do my best tonight to recover and honestly I think it's going to be a great match."
"The wind changes everything. I tried to stay there, to be patient, but sometimes it's a little difficult."