The Polish Iga Swiatek, world number one and recent champion of the WTA 1000 in Doha, was an exception to the disaster of the main favorites in the WTA 1000 tournament in Dubai. He was the only top-10 representative in the semifinal round of one of the course’s most important events.
If number 2, the Belarusian Aryna Sabalenkareappeared after his victory at the Australian Open, losing to the Croatian Donna Vekicthe Russian in the quarterfinal round Elena Rybakina (4) neither showed up because of illness and the American Coco Gauff (3) he had another bad day, as he had a few days before in Doha.
The semi-finals were surprising: Iga Swiatek was more than a favorite. He consolidated his aspirations by handcuffing the Australian Open finalist, the Chinese, without any problems. Qinwen Zheng6-3 and 6-2.
Now he will face number 40 in the ranking, the Russian Anna Kalinskayawho defeated Gauff 2-6, 6-4 and 6-2.
The other finalist, unsuspected at the beginning of the competition. It will be Italian Jasmine PaoliniNo. 26 and benefited from the absence of Rybakina, or the Romanian Sorana Cirtea22nd and starred in the heroic comeback of the day.
Cirstea eliminated the Wimbledon champion, the Czech Marketa Vondrousova, 2-6, 7-6 (1), 6-2. The Romanian raised six match points, reacting when he was on the brink of defeat, dominating 2-6, 1-5.
Source: La Verdad
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