By Richard Pagliaro | @TennisNow | Thursday, February 6, 2025
Photograph credit score: Clive Brunskill/Getty
Emma Raducanu goals to get again on the successful monitor in Doha.
World No. 56 Raducanu has obtained a wild card into subsequent week’s Qatar Whole Open.
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The 22-year-old Briton has suffered successive first-round losses bowing to No. 101 Cristina Bucsa in her Singapore opener earlier than falling to 2023 Wimbledon winner Marketa Vondrousova 6-3, 6-4 within the Abu Dhabi first-round earlier this week.
Final 12 months, Iga Swiatek made ihstory in Doha.
Roaring again from 1-4 down, Swiatek saved a set level within the tiebreaker defeating Elena Rybakina 7-6(8) 6-2 to seize her third consecutive Qatar Open crown and make historical past as the primary three-time Doha champion.
Historical past Maker 👑The second @iga_swiatek retained her title in Doha. #QatarTotalEnergiesOpen pic.twitter.com/qizfADa84v
— wta (@WTA) February 17, 2024
Blown out firstly, Swiatek amped up her aggression and accuracy overcoming each blustery situations and the 2022 Wimbledon winner who had overwhelmed her 3 times in a row.
“It was actually lengthy, it was actually robust,” Swiatek stated after the two-hour, 19-minute triumph. “Congrats to Elena for an excellent event and to your workforce.
“You’re doing an excellent job. We already performed so many robust matches that I believe it’s simply gonna be nice if we proceed and have enjoyable and simply give a pleasant expertise to the followers.”
The highest-seeded Swiatek grew to become the primary girl to win a WTA event 3 times in a row since Serena Williams swept the Miami Open from 2013 to 2015.
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