Sorana Kirstea and Christina Buksa are the only athletes who qualified for the quarterfinals of the WTA tournament in Abu Dhabi, but were not on the seeding list.

Sorana Kirstea will meet with Daria Kasatkina in an apartment in Abu Dhabi

Christina Bucha (74 WTA) is the last player to reach the quarterfinals of the tournament in Abu Dhabi.

The player from Spain overcame Heather Watson (156 WTA) in the 1/8 finals, the match was decided in two sets with a score of 7-6(1), 7-5.

Buchi needed an hour and 44 minutes to advance to the next stage of the competition.

Today’s results in Abu Dhabi

Barbora Krejcikova (4) – Sara Sorribes Tormo / Sara came from 6-2 and 1-0 in favor of Barbora

Kalinina Angelina – Lyudmila Samsonova (8) 1-6, 3-6

Olena Rybakina (1) – Daniel Collins 4-6, 6-3, 6-3

Christina Bucha – Heather Watson 7-6(1), 7-5

WTA Abu Dhabi Full Quarter Draw

Olena Rybakina (1) – Kristina Bucha

Barbora Krejchikova (4) – Lyudmila Samsonova (8)

Darya Kasatkina (7) – Sorana Kirstea

Beatrice Haddad Maya (6) – Ons Jaber (2)

The Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open takes place from February 5 to 11 on hard, is part of the WTA 500 category, has a total prize pool of $922,573, and the title champion is Belinda Bencic (2023).

The main favorites from Abu Dhabi are Olena Rybakina (1), Ons Jaber (2), Maria Sakkari (3, eliminated) and Barbora Krejchikova.