Women's Tennis WTA Tour 2024

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On a side note, the first day of Doha MD was interrupted and later some matches postponed due to rain. You know it's getting crazy when it's raining in a country that is basically one giant desert

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Sakkari loses in the second round of Doha to Noskova, 6-3 6-7 5-7. She had a match point on return at 6-3 5-3 and then had 6-3 5-4 30-15 on serve but hit an unforced error followed by two consecutive double faults...

 

She will now exit the top 10 for the first time since joining the top 10 2.5 years ago. However, she will probably be back in after next week as Muchova will be dropping a lot of points.

 

Of course the typical reaction in Greece is that she is "done" and "should retire from tennis." Meanwhile she is 28 yo and even 5 years ago no one expected that she would spend half of the next 5 years in top 10 

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The axe has finally fallen on Tom Hill - the much maligned coach of Sakkari

 

Iga Świątek won the Doha 1000 title last Sunday vs Elena Rybakina in the final.

 

Today Aryna Sabalenka lost to Donna Vekic in Dubai R2 upset however Vekic actually leads this particular h2h!

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WTA 1000 Qatar Open | Doha, Qatar  

 

Women’s Singles

1.  Iga Swiatek

2.  Elena Rybakina

3.  Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova

3.  Karolina Pliskova

 

Women’s Doubles

1.  Demi Schuurs/Luisa Stefani

2.  Caroline Dolehide/Desirae Krawczyk

3.  Marie Bouzkova/Marketa Vondrousova

3.  Anhelina Kalinina/Xu Yifan

 

Full Results

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A new milestone for Jasmin Paolini 

Edited February 23, 2024 by thepharoah

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Paolini got a lucky break Elena Rybakina withdrew from their QF match. Meanwhile Anna Kalinskaya has done it the hard way beating Ostapenko, Gauff and Świątek to reach the final

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Jasmin Paolini wins her 1st WTA1000 title in Dubai after defeating Kalinskaya in the final

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So sad for Kalinskaya, after beating Gauff, Ostapenko, and Swiatek back-to-back I was really hoping she’d win the title. 

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WTA 1000 Dubai Tennis Championships | Dubai, United Arab Emirates

 

Women’s Singles

1.  Jasmine Paolini

2.  Anna Kalinskaya

3.  Iga Swiatek

3.  Sorana Cirstea

 

Women’s Doubles

1.  Storm Hunter/Katerina Siniakova

2.  Nicole Melichar-Martinez/Ellen Perez

3.  Aliaksandra Sasnovich/Laura Siegemund

3.  Gabriella Dabrowski/Erin Routliffe

 

Full Results

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Simona Halep wins her doping appeal, and has been cleared to return to the WTA tour. 

 

https://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/39658678/simona-halep-wins-doping-appeal-cleared-immediate-retur