Rafa Nadal not yet ready to return after hip injury
Rafa Nadal has withdrawn from next week's Qatar Open after announcing he is "not ready to compete".
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Rafa Nadal has withdrawn from next week's Qatar Open after announcing he is "not ready to compete".
Naomi Osaka’s run at the Qatar Open ended in the quarter-finals with a narrow defeat by Karolina Pliskova.
Naomi Osaka battled into the last 16 of the Qatar Open on Tuesday but Coco Gauff and Ons Jabeur crashed to surprise second-round exits with straight-sets defeats. Four-time Grand Slam champion Osaka brushed past Croatia's Petra Martic 6-3, 7-6 (11/9), continuing a comeback from maternity leave after giving birth to her daughter in July. Osaka grasped control with a break in the fourth game of the opening set. She broke twice more in the second set -- either side of dropping her own serve -- only to blow a chance to close out the match at 5-4.
Canada's Leylah Fernandez is off to the Round of 16 at the Qatar Open after a 0-6, 6-2, 6-3 win over Spain's Paula Badosa on Tuesday in Doha.
Former U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu said she would make changes to her tournament scheduling following her first round defeat by world number 30 Anhelina Kalinina at the Qatar Open on Monday.
Canadian Leylah Fernandez upset No. 12 seed Liudmila Samsonova 7-5, 7-6 (4) in first-round action of the Qatar TotalEnergies Open on Monday in Doha.
Rafael Nadal is set to return on the court next month during the Qatar Open after the Spaniard's name appeared on the entry list for the ATP 250 tournament staring on Feb. 19 in Doha following yet another injury.
Amid questions over his confidence level right now and whether he was back to his best after winning the Qatar Open, there was another issue on Daniil Medvedev’s mind: “super fluffy” balls. Medvedev won the tournament for the loss of just one set, beating Andy Murray in the final to claim back-to-back ATP titles. But he is not happy about the balls being used on tour and has warned they could cause injury.