Iga Svyatek reached the quarterfinals of the WTA tournament in Dubai on Wednesday, defeating Elina Svitolina in two sets with a score of 6-1, 6-4.

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Iga Svyatek, victory over Elina Svitolina

Iga Sviatek continues her good run from Dubai and once again confirms why she is the main favourite.

Without emotion, the WTA leader had a match with Elina Svitolina (20 WTA), whom she defeated in two sets, ending in an hour and 25 minutes.

In the quarterfinals, Iga will meet the winner of the duel between Anastasia Potapova (35 WTA) and Qinwen Zhang (7 WTA).

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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.

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