The top two seeds in the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships lost a combined three games while cruising to second-round wins on Tuesday in the United Arab Emirates.No.
1 Iga Swiatek of Poland, the reigning French Open and U.S. Open champion, routed Canada's Leylah Fernandez 6-1, 6-1, and No.
2 Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus, the reigning Australian Open champion, demolished the United States' Lauren Davis 6-0, 6-1.Swiatek was on court for 72 minutes three days after capturing the Qatar TotalEnergies Open championship in Doha.
Sabalenka completed her day's work in 59 minutes.Third-seeded Jessica Pegula of the United States, who lost to Swiatek in the Doha final, got past Bulgaria's Viktoriya Tomova 6-2, 5-7, 6-1 in the second round at Dubai.American Madison Keys upset fourth-seeded Caroline Garcia of France 7-5, 6-4.