Most of the top seeds fell on Wednesday at the WTA Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open with No. 2 Paula Badosa, No. 3 Daria Kasatkina, and No. 4 Yulia Putintseva all exiting the competition.
Ons Jabeur reached the quarterfinals of the Mubadala Open by holding off 17-year-old Wakana Sonobe on Wednesday. Jabeur will take on top seed Elena Rybakina in the elite eight.