Dubai Duty Free Championships: Gauff loses to Swiatek for sixth time in a row

Iga Swiatek defeated Coco Gauff 6-4, 6-2 on Friday afternoon. She’ll play the winner of the match between American Jessica Pegula, the No 3 seed, and Czech Barbora Krejcikova for the title

Tennis – WTA 1000 – Dubai Tennis Championships – Dubai Duty Free Tennis Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates – February 23, 2023 Coco Gauff of the U.S. in action during her quarter final match against Madison Keys of the U.S. (AI/Reuters/Panoramic)

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February 24, 2023

Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships •Semi-final • completed

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I. SwiatekvsC. Gauff

Pole Iga Swiatek, the top seed, advanced to the final of the Dubai Duty Free Championships by beating American Coco Gauff, the No 5 seed, 6-4, 6-2 at The Aviation Club Tennis Centre on Friday afternoon.

Swiatek, ranked No 1, will play the winner of the match between American Jessica Pegula, the No 3 seed, and Czech Barbora Krejcikova next.

The 21-year-old Pole won against Canadian Leylah Fernandez (6-1, 6-1) and Russian Liudmila Samsonova, the No 14 seed (6-1, 6-0) earlier in the tournament.

In the previous rounds of the Dubai Open, Gauff, ranked No 6, defeated Belarusian Aliaksandra Sasnovich (6-0, 6-4), Kazakh Elena Rybakina, the No 9 seed (W/O) and Madison Keys (6-2, 7-5).

Dubai WTA 1000, other semi-final result (The Aviation Club Tennis Centre, hard, USD 2.788.468):