Barbora Krejcikova stuns Iga Swiatek in straight sets to claim Dubai Tennis Championships title

Barbora Krejcikova produced a stunning upset of world No. 1 Iga Swiatek to take the Dubai Tennis Championships title in straight sets. It was just her first sixth career WTA title, but made it a two-match winning streak against Swiatek.

The Czech had also beaten Swiatek in the final of the Ostrava Open in October last year, and victory in Dubai takes her to a 2-2 career record against her. Ad The world's top ranked singles player made her way into Saturday’s decider with a 6-4 6-2 victory on Friday. WTA DubaiSwiatek turns over Gauff in Dubai to clinch spot in final, will face Pegula or KrejcikovaYESTERDAY AT 15:06 Krejcikova reached the final the hard way, taking three sets to beat the United States’ Jessica Pegula 6-1 5-7 6-0.

Pegula, ranked No. 2 in the world, was not Krejcikova's only high profile victim. She had also beaten world Belarusian No.

2 Aryna Sabalenka and No. 8 Daria Kasatkina. Krejcikova started well when she broke Swiatek in the opening game of the match, and kept up the pressure to go 3-1 clear.

Swiatek held on and broke for herself to level at 3-3 despite struggling with her first serve. Iga Swiatek breezes past Coco Gauff to reach her Dubai Tennis Championships final Andy Murray pulls off yet another epic to reach Qatar Open final with win over Jiri Lehecka Daniil Medvedev claimes his second title in nine days with a 6-4 6-4 win over Andy Murray in the Qatar Open However, her Czech opponent wasn’t going away and gradually took control as Swiatek faded. Krejcikova broke Swiatek twice in succession as she took the first set.

The Czech was on a 15-match winning streak when winning the first set. This did not augur well for her Polish opponent who was also playing while under the weather. Adding insult to