Aryna Sabalenko reached the quarterfinals of the tournament in Dubai, defeating Elena Ostapenko in 3 sets with a score of 2-6, 6-1, 6-1.
Aryna Sabalenko eliminated Elena Ostapenko
After her triumph at the Australian Open 2023, Arina Sabalenko (2 WTA) advanced to the quarterfinals in Dubai.
The player from Belarus eliminated Elena Ostapenko (20 WTA), the champion of Roland Garros-2017, after the match, which lasted one hour and 42 minutes.
Although Olena Ostapenko won the first set 6-2, Aryna Sabalenko made a sensational comeback and managed to win the doubles game 6-1.
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No. 2 seed @SabalenkaA comes back after dropping the first set to go 13-0 in 2023!#DFTennis pic.twitter.com/j85Bo5h7BE
— wta (@WTA) February 22, 2023
In the next stage of the competition, Arina Sabalenko will meet the winner of the duel between Barbora Krejcikova (30 WTA) and Petra Kvitova (15 WTA).
The Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships runs from February 19 to 25 on hard, is part of the “WTA 1000” category and has a total prize pool of $2,788,468. Simona Halep won the tournament in 2015 and 2020, and the last edition went to Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia.
Source: Hot News
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