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Swiatek books quarter final meeting with Rybakina in Doha
  • February 12, 2025
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Swiatek books quarter final meeting with Rybakina in Doha

Iga Swiatek reached the quarterfinals after battling back from a set down to defeat Linda Noskova in more than two-and-a-half hours to continued her winning streak in Doha. The 23-year-old Polish defeated the fearless 20-year-old from the Czech Republic 6-7(1), 6-4, 6-4 victory in the Round of 16 at the Qatar TotalEnergies Open to book

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Bublik gets 100th win on hard court in Marseille after overcoming Gasquet
  • February 11, 2025
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Bublik gets 100th win on hard court in Marseille after overcoming Gasquet

Alexander Bublik overcame Richard Gasquet 6-4, 6-4 at the indoor ATP 250 to register his 100th tour-level win on hard courts and ended the Open 13 Provence career of a crowd favourite on Tuesday afternoon in Marseille. Bublik crucially broke Gasquet’s serve in the penultimate game of each set, and on both occasions he served

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Paolini, Rybakina amongst Top 10 seeds into Doha last 16
  • February 11, 2025
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Paolini, Rybakina amongst Top 10 seeds into Doha last 16

Top 10 seeds Jasmine Paolini and Elena Rybakina both swept past dangerous opponents in straight sets to reach the last 16 of the Qatar TotalEnergies Open. No. 4 Paolini came from a break down in the second set to defeat wild card Caroline Garcia 6-3, 6-4 in 1 hour and 12 minutes. She was followed

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Kostyuk upsets Gauff in Doha; first major shakeup of the WTA 1000 season
  • February 11, 2025
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Kostyuk upsets Gauff in Doha; first major shakeup of the WTA 1000 season

Kostyuk stunned the No. 3-seeded Coco Gauff with a forceful 6-2, 7-5 victory at the Qatar TotalEnergies Open on Tuesday in Doha. The 22-year-old from Ukraine will play a third-round match against Magda Linette. Serving to reach a second-set tiebreak, Gauff committed back-to-back double faults, her sixth and seventh of the match, to give Kostyuk

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Swiatek keeps Doha four-peat hopes alive with opening win
  • February 10, 2025
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Swiatek keeps Doha four-peat hopes alive with opening win

The pointedly passive-aggressive question came up early in Iga Swiatek’s press conference at the Qatar TotalEnergies Open: By your high standards,” a reporter asked Sunday, “do you feel like you have a little bit more pressure on yourself when you’re looking for your first title in a little while?” Swiatek, 23, but already far wiser

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