Rybakina sets up final against Swiatek in Doha
Elena Rybakina defeated Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-2, 6-4 on Friday afternoon. She’ll face Pole Iga Swiatek, the top seed, for the title
Imago/Panoramic
Kazakh Elena Rybakina, the No 3 seed, reached the final of the Qatar Open by defeating Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-2, 6-4 at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex in Doha on Friday.
Rybakina, ranked No 4 and the winner in Abu Dhabi last weekend, will face Pole Iga Swiatek, the top seed, next. Swiatek reached the final when Karolina Pliskova withdrew before their match due to a lower back injury.
The Kazakh won against Chinese Lin Zhu (6-2, 6-1), American Emma Navarro, the No 16 seed (6-1, 6-7 (6), 6-4) and Canadian Leylah Fernandez (6-4, 6-2) ahead of her victory.
In the previous rounds of the Qatar tournament, Pavlyuchenkova, ranked No 32, beat No 11 seed Daria Kasatkina (6-2, 7-6 (2)), Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk (2-1 ret.), No 6 seed Marketa Vondrousova (7-5, 6-3) and American qualifier Danielle Collins (7-5, 6-4).
Doha WTA 1000, other semi-final result (Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex, hard, USD 3.211.715):
- Iga Swiatek w/o Karolina Pliskova
People in this post
More tennis news
September 26, 2000: The day Monica Seles won the Olympic bronze medal in Sydney
“My knee is not where I would like it to be”: Sinner pulls out of Beijing and gives up the title he won last year
September 25, 1992: The day Jimmy Connors defeated Martina Navratilova in the “Battle of Champions”
“These weeks help me bring my joy back”: calendar critic Alcaraz defends giving up a free week to the Laver Cup
“I let them win in America, now it’s our turn”: Noah puts London on Agassi as the captains meet again
