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Anna Kalinskaya stun Iga Swiatek to enter Dubai final

Anna Kalinskaya stun Iga Swiatek to enter Dubai final

Qualifier Anna Kalinskaya stunned World No.1 Iga Swiatek in Friday’s semifinals of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, 6-4, 6-4, snapping the World No.1’s seven-match winning streak and advancing to her first Hologic WTA Tour-level singles final. The loss is just Swiatek’s second in her last 26 matches dating back to last September’s WTA 500

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Gauff, Swiatek, Rybakina reach Dubai quarter-finals

Gauff, Swiatek, Rybakina reach Dubai quarter-finals

Coco Gauff pulled off a comeback win in the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships Round of 16 on Wednesday, outlasting former World No.1 Karolina Pliskova 2-6, 6-4, 6-3 to claim a quarterfinal spot. The 19-year-old reigning US Open champion Gauff collected the win over Pliskova after 1 hour and 53 minutes of play, edging ahead

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Iga Swiatek moves past Sloane Stephens in Dubai opener
  • Dubai
  • February 20, 2024
  • 1 min read

Iga Swiatek moves past Sloane Stephens in Dubai opener

Iga Swiatek got off to a winning start at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships on Tuesday with a 6-4, 6-4 second-round win over American Sloane Stephens. The 22-year-old Iga Swiatek, who recorded four wins to capture the Qatar TotalEnergies Open title last week, needed nearly 2 hours to extend her unbeaten run in the

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Murray, Rublev, and Medvedev to participate at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships

Murray, Rublev, and Medvedev to participate at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships

Later this month, the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships will host three past champions for the ATP 500 event. Two-time Wimbledon champion and Olympic gold medallist Andy Murray, will join reigning champion Daniil Medvedev, a recent Australian Open finalist, and 2022 winner Andrey Rublev in the emirate. Seven years have passed since Murray made his

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