Swiatek sweeps past Pegula to win back-to-back Qatar titles
World number one Iga Swiatek won her second successive Qatar Open title on Saturday, sweeping past Jessica Pegula 6-3, 6-0 in the final.
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Swiatek breezes past Kudermetova and into final at blustery Doha
Doha Open semi-final demolition on Friday.The French and US Open champion triumphed 6-0, 6-1 and will face world number four Jessica Pegula of the United States for the title.Second seed Pegula reached the final by seeing off Greek fifth seed Maria Sakkari 6-2, 4-6, 6-1 in just under two hoursPoland's Swiatek, the top seed, coped with blustery conditions the better of the two in the Qatari capital, hitting 14 winners to five unforced errors and breaking serve five times.
Iga Swiatek breezes into Qatar Open final with dominant win over Veronika Kudermetova to face Jessica Pegula
Iga Swiatek breezed into the Qatar Open final with a dominant 6-0 6-1 win over Veronika Kudermetova. Swiatek had a walkover into the semi-finals after Belinda Bencic withdrew from the tournament due to fatigue on Thursday. Ad She will play Jessica Pegula in Saturday’s final following the American’s much tougher victory against Maria Sakkari.
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.
Journaling is therapeutic: Jessica Pegula
DOHA: Jessica Pegula, the WTA No. 4 in singles and doubles, spent long hours on her keyboard in January, writing about her mother Kim, who suffered a cardiac arrest which resulted in a brain injury. The 28-year-old sketched the stress and strain her family weathered in the last 8-months in an essay for The Players’ Tribune titled ‘I Want To Talk To You About My Mom’. On the sidelines of the Qatar TotalEnergies Open, Pegula said that while she doesn’t journal regularly, she finds the process therapeutic. Pegula, who finished 2022 as the highest ranked American at a career-best No.3 in singles, is a stately force in the women’s game. Her parents – Terrence (billionaire businessman and petroleum engineer) and Kim – are principal owners of the NFL side Buffalo Bills and National Hockey League team
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.
Iga Swiatek ready to get back to the grind
Roland Garros and the US Open.The 21-year-old's wordplay, however, is quizzical. "Last season was so strange, it can actually mess withyour head a little bit," Swiatek said of a run that brought her eight titles in all.It was from that 'strange' space, heightened expectations, that she came away with her biggest lessons.Swiatek, who opens her campaign here in the second round, most likely against American Danielle Collins on Wednesday, said her focus was on lowering expectations for herself.
Kim Pegula, co-owner of Bills and Sabres, went into cardiac arrest in June, remains in recovery: daughter
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