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.

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

Elena Rybakina enters the quarterfinals in excellent form, holding an impeccable 6W-2L. Her recent victory over Katie Volynets in a three-set round of 16 encounter (2-6, 6-4, 6-4) pointed to her resilience and tactical changes.