Iga Sviatek justified her status as a big favorite and made it to the quarterfinals of the WTA 1000 tournament in Doha after 6-1, 6-4 over Kateryna Aleksandrova.

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Iga Svyatek, qualifying for the WTA quarterfinals in Doha

The main favorite of the competition in Qatar, Svyatek went directly to the second round, where she easily beat Sorana Kirstya.

In the 1/8 finals, the Pole played against Kateryna Aleksandrova and confidently won the first set.

The second act brought more balance and Iga ended up missing four match points, but Alexandrova also missed two break points.

The match lasted one hour and 31 minutes.

In the quarterfinals, Iga Svyatek will meet the winner of the tournament Victoria Azarenka (31 WTA) and Olena Ostapenko (11 WTA).

Qatar TotalEnergies Open 2024 will be held from February 11 to 17. The tournament is held in Doha on hard, is part of the “WTA 1000” category and offers a total prize pool of $3,211,715. The champion of the title is Iga Sviatek (2022, 2023), and Simona Halep won in 2014.

The main favorites of WTA Doha: Iga Sviatek (1), Coco Gauff (2/eliminated), Olena Rybakina (3), Ons Jabert (4/eliminated), Qinwen Zheng (5), Marketa Vondrousova (6/eliminated), Maria Sakkari ( 7/eliminated), Yelena Ostapenko (8).

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