WTA roundup: Top seeds roll in Dubai
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.
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Iga Swiatek storms into Dubai Tennis Championships last-16, Caroline Garcia and Maria Sakkari beaten
Iga Swiatek stormed into the last-16 of the Dubai Tennis Championships with a comprehensive 6-1 6-1 victory over Leylah Fernandez. Swiatek picked up where she left off when she won the Qatar Open last week — her first title of 2023 — and is favourite to win the first WTA 1000 event of the season. Ad She will play Liudmila Samsonova, who had a walkover against Zheng Qinwen, in the next round on Wednesday.
Iga Swiatek keeps world No.1 spot after Qatar victory
The French and US Open champion, Swiatek, 21, dropped just five games all week on her way to a second straight Doha title on Saturday by beating Jessica Pegula.Aryna Sabalenka is second and American Pegula moves up to third in the standings despite defeat to Swiatek with Tunisian Ons Jabeur dropping to fourth.Jabeur has been sidelined through injury since January and will miss this week's Dubai WTA event.
Iga Swiatek finds her rhythm with bagels and balance in dominant Doha showing ahead of Dubai
If Iga Swiatek looked like she had come back to the pack a little in Australia earlier this year, the last five days in Doha might suggest otherwise. At the tournament where her 37-match winning streak started last year, Swiatek won the Qatar Open for the loss of just FIVE games. Ad She won three sets 6-0, including in the final against world No.
Dubai Duty Free championships off to blistering start as Keys, Kvitova turn on the style
The 2023 Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships got off to a blistering start under Sunday sunshine, as two stalwarts of the women’s game came out firing on all cylinders inside the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Stadium.
Veronika Kudermetova stuns Coco Gauff in Doha to set up semis with Iga Swiatek
Russian 25-year-old Kudermetova, ranked eighth, needed just over two hours to complete victory over the world number four.If she is to reach a first WTA final since Istanbul last April, Kudermetova will have to get past a refreshed Swiatek.The reigning French and US Open champion reached the last-four when last weekend's Abu Dhabi title winner Belinda Bencic withdrew from their quarter-final.
World No 1 Iga Swiatek makes impressive return with opening victory at Qatar Open
World No 1 Iga Swiatek made an impressive return to action with an emphatic victory over Danielle Collins at the Qatar Open on Wednesday.
WTA roundup: Alycia Parks, Lin Zhu win first singles titles
Alycia Parks won her first WTA singles title, defeating No. 1 seed Caroline Garcia 7-6 (7), 7-5 at the Open 6eme Sens Metropole on Sunday in Lyon, France.