After a remarkable comeback, Naomi Osaka was stopped in the quarter-finals of the WTA 1000 tournament in Doha after a two-set tie-break loss to Karolina Pliskova.

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Naomi Osaka lost to Karolina Pliskova at the WTA in Doha

Despite a shaky start to the year in Brisbane, the Australian Open and Au Dhabi, Naomi Osaka managed to outlast Caroline Garcia, Petra Martic and Lesya Tsurenko in Doha.

However, in the quarterfinals, the Japanese lost to Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic, after a balanced match, which was decided by a tie-break with the score 7-6(6), 7-6(5).

In the semi-finals, Pliskova will meet with world leader Iga Svyatek.

The semifinals of the WTA tournament in Doha

Iga Svyatek (1) – Karolina Plishkova

Olena Rybakina (3) – Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova

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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 Sviatek (1), Coco Gauff (2/eliminated), Olena Rybakina (3), Ons Jabert (4/eliminated), Qinwen Zheng (5/eliminated), Marketa Vondrousova (6/eliminated), Maria Sakkari (7/eliminated), Yelena Ostapenko (8/eliminated).