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.

WTA DohaSwiatek thrashes Collins to set up Qatar Open quarter-final with BencicYESTERDAY AT 21:42 “I feel great,” said Swiatek, who has dropped just two games in the two matches she’s played in Doha. “I was pretty worried about how I would cope with the conditions today. I played in a smart way and I’m happy I was so solid.

“It always takes a lot to win against Jessica, she’s a great player. We’ll see what happens, I’m not going to predict anything or overanalyse, I’m just going to go and play my best tennis.” Swiatek immediately took advantage of her first break point opportunity against Kudermetova in the second game of the match, which only kicked her on. The world No.

1 dropped just seven matches as she completed a bagel in the opening set in just 25 minutes. It was a similar story in the second set as Swiatek overpowered Kudermetova, who also made too many unforced errors. Kudermetova did manage to win one game early in the second but that was as good as it got for her with Swiatek showing no signs of any let up to win in less than an hour.