Returning to competition after a year and three month break, multiple Grand Slam winner Naomi Osaka also made it to the second round of the WTA in Doha.

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Naomi Osaka, another win at WTA Doha, after returning to the circuit

Naomi Osaka, who is ranked 747th in the world after a long break due to health problems and then giving birth, won another victory at the WTA 1000 tournament in Doha.

If she managed to eliminate Caroline Garcia in the first round, the former world leader overcame the Czech Petra Martic in two sets with a score of 6-4, 7-6(9).

In the 1/8 finals, Osaka will meet Ukrainian Lesya Tsurenko (37 WTA).

Results of the day at WTA Doha

M. Kostyuk – A. Pavlyuchenkova 1-2 (Marta Kostyuk withdrew)

K. Zheng – M. Lynette 6-2, 2-6, 6-3

P. Badosa – L. Fernandez 6-0, 2-6, 3-6

E. Navarro – E. Mertens 6-1, 6-3

Xin Wang – V. Azarenka 6(2)-7, 2-6

L. Noskova – M. Sakkari 3-6, 7-6(2), 7-5

D. Collins – M. Buzkova 6-4, 7-5

E. Andreeva – E. Aleksandrova 0-6, 6-3, 1-6 A.

Potapova – K. Plishkova 1-6, 7-5, 4-6

K. Sinyakova – K. Gauff 6-2, 6-4

A. Kalinina – Ya. Ostapenko 0-6, 3-6

O. Zhaber – L. Tsurenko 3-6, 2-6

P. Martych – N. Osaka 3-6, 6(9)-7

L. Zhu – E. Rybakina 2-6, 1-6

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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 Svyatek (1), Coco Gauff (2), Elena Rybakina (3), Ons Jaber (4), Qinwen Zheng (5), Marketa Vondrousova (6), Maria Sakkari (7), Yelena Ostapenko ( 8).