Tatjana Maria Beats Diae El Jardi 6-2, 4-6 in Rabat — Tennis Strasbourg 2026

Tatjana Maria beat Diae El Jardi 6-2, 4-6 in the first round of the Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem in Rabat on Tuesday, a result that played out under the tennis strasbourg 2026 keyword but belonged to a clay-court match in Morocco. The German third seed needed 1 hour and 9 minutes to finish the job against the Moroccan wild card.

Maria’s 26-minute opening set

The match turned early. Maria took the first set 6-2 in 26 minutes and kept the pressure on with a first-serve edge that separated the players all afternoon.

She finished with 75% of points won on her first serve and converted 4 break points from 6 chances. El Jardi managed 1 break point from 3 and won 53% of her first-serve points, but that was not enough to force a longer fight.

El Jardi at home in Rabat

El Jardi entered as the 1023rd-ranked player in the world and played in front of her home public as a wild card. The gap was as sharp as the score: Maria was ranked 52nd and entered the draw as the tournament’s No. 3 seed.

That ranking spread showed up in the second set, too. El Jardi held on long enough to win four games, but Maria still closed it out 6-4 and left the home player with a first-round exit after a rare main-draw appearance in Rabat.

Maria moves on cleanly

The final line was simple: 6-2, 6-4, Maria. She did not need a third set, and she did not need long to separate her level from El Jardi’s on this surface.

For El Jardi, the match delivered the kind of full WTA main-draw test that home wild cards are usually chasing. For Maria, it was a straight path through an opening round that she controlled with serve, return pressure and a stronger finish in the key moments.