Swiatek moves into last 4 at Doha via Bencic retirement
Iga Swiatek benefited from the forfeit of Belinda Bencic on Thursday evening. She’ll play the winner of the match between American Coco Gauff, the No 4 seed, and Russian Veronika Kudermetova, the No 8 seed, in the next round
February 11, 2023, DOHA, QATAR: Iga Swiatek of Poland during practice ahead of the 2023 Qatar Totalenergies Open WTA 500 tennis tournament (Zuma/Panoramic)
Pole Iga Swiatek, the top seed, moved into the semi-finals of the Qatar Open after Swiss Belinda Bencic, the No 7 seed, withdrew before the match at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex in Doha on Thursday evening.
Swiatek, ranked No 1, will play the winner of the match between American Coco Gauff, the No 4 seed, and Russian Veronika Kudermetova, the No 8 seed, next.
In the previous round of the Doha Open, the 21-year-old Pole defeated American Danielle Collins (6-0, 6-1).
Bencic, ranked No 9, won against Bulgarian qualifier Viktoriya Tomova (6-0, 6-1) and edged out Belarusian wildcard Victoria Azarenka (1-6, 7-6 (4), 6-4) earlier in the tournament.
Doha WTA 500, other quarter-finals results (Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex, hard, USD 780.637, most recent results first):
- Maria Sakkari vs. Caroline Garcia
- Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Jessica Pegula
- Coco Gauff vs. Veronika Kudermetova
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