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Aryna Sabalenka suffered her first defeat of the season on Thursday after Barbora Krejcikova staged a remarkable comeback to book her place in the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships semi-finals.
Cameron Norrie beat Brazil's Thiago Monteiro 7-5 7-5 in a hard-fought match at the Jockey Club Brasileiro in Rio de Janeiro to progress to the quarter-finals of the Rio Open. He will play Hugo Dellien in the last eight of the ATP 500 event in Brazil. Ad Norrie had opportunities to serve it out at 5-4 in both sets, but Monteiro rallied, only to go on to lose in straight sets.
Aryna Sabalenka displayed all the hallmarks of a Grand Slam champion by fighting back to defeat holder Jelena Ostapenko and reach the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships quarter-finals on Wednesday.
DUBAI: The Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships’ top three seeds remain in contention for WTA1000 glory after successfully navigating their respective routes into Thursday’s quarter-finals.
Andy Murray stormed into the quarter-finals of the Qatar Open with a stunning three-set win over fourth seed Alexander Zverev in an epic three-hour contest. The 35-year-old, competing in Doha after being handed a wild card, had to battle hard to overcome the big-serving German, putting in another lung-busting effort two days after a marathon comeback victory over Lorenzo Sonego.
Luca Brecel beat Jack Lisowski 6-4 in a high-quality first-round match at the Players Championship. It was a match of big breaks, with both players scoring highly when they got in, and nothing to separate them until the end when Brecel won three consecutive frames. Ad Brecel will play Joe O’Connor in the second quarter-final on Thursday afternoon in Wolverhampton.
Shaun Murphy continued his excellent recent form as he weathered a Mark Selby fightback to reach the quarter-finals of the Players Championship in Wolverhampton. Murphy, who was runner-up at the Welsh Open to Robert Milkins at the weekend, made breaks of 92, 75 and 72 in a 6-3 victory. Ad The 2005 world champion will next face Ryan Day, who won his opener 6-2 against Chris Wakelin.
Joe O’Connor knocked out top seed Mark Allen in a huge upset on the opening day of the Players Championship in Wolverhampton. The 27-year-old showed impressive composure to keep Allen at distance after opening up a 3-0 lead, eventually coming home 6-3.