Iga Sviatek reached the 1/8 finals of the WTA 1000 tournament in Dubai, defeating the American Sloane Stevens with a score of 6-4, 6-4.

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The main favorite of the tournament in the United Arab Emirates Iga Svyatek respected her status and made her debut in the second round match.

After two sets in a row, the Pole defeated US Open-2017 winner Sloane Stephens in the end of the match, which lasted almost two hours.

In the round of 16, Svyatek will meet Ukrainian Elina Svitolina (20 WTA).

The Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships runs from February 18 to 24 on hard, is part of the “WTA 1000” category and has a total prize pool of $3,211,715. Simona Halep won the tournament in 2015 and 2020, and the reigning champion is Barbora Krejcikova.

The main favorites from Dubai: Iga Svyatek (1), Aryna Sabalenko (2/eliminated), Coco Gauff (3), Olena Rybakina (4), Ons Jaber (5/eliminated), Qinwen Zheng (6), Marketa Vondrousova (7). . ), Maria Sakkari (8).

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