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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.

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.