WTA Tour Scores: February 24, 2022 – Doha, Guadalajara
FINDING all the WTA Tour scores in one place can be difficult, so Rookie Me Central has you covered. Here are all the main draw tournament results from yesterday, February 24. For the WTA Tour, that is the WTA 1000 event in Doha and the WTA 250 event in Guadalajara.
Note: Due to time difference, the results from the Mexico event are from February 23, whereas the Doha results are February 24.
QATAR OPEN:
Doha, Qatar | WTA 1000 | Hard
Jelena Ostapenko‘s giant-killing streak continued in the quarter finals at Doha, taking out fifth see Garbine Muguruza to make it nine consecutive victories on the trot, of which seven were Grand Slam winners. The experienced Spaniard was just the latest one to fall to Ostapenko, with the 15th seed Estonian now facing fourth seed Anett Kontaveit – the last player to beat her back in the St Petersburg semi-finals on February 13. Kontaveit was equally as impressive in defeating Ons Jabeur 6-4 6-1 and is just two wins away from a second title in three weeks.
“I knew it was going to be a tough match against her,” Ostapenko said post-match. “But I really knew I also have to be aggressive and take time away from her, which I think I did pretty well, and I was dictating the game today.
“Of course it’s great to have so many matches winning, but the tournament is still not over. I hope I can keep winning here still in Doha. I’m just working on some things and getting more confident, and I think it’s going to help my game.”
In St Petersburg, Kontaveit defeated Maria Sakkari, whom she could still face in the final after the Greek star took out 14th seed Coco Gauff, Sakkari proved too good for the American teen, winning 6-3 6-3 to set up a clash with Polish second seed Iga Swiatek. The Roland Garros champion Swiatek knocked off top seed Aryna Sabalenka in straight sets to advance to the semis.
QUARTER FINALS RESULTS:
[7] Iga Swiatek (POL) defeated [1] Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) 6-2 6-3
[4] Anett Kontaveit (EST) defeated [8] Ons Jabeur (TUN) 6-4 6-1
[15] Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) defeated [5] Garbine Muguruza (ESP) 6-2 6-2
[6] Maria Sakkari (GRE) defeated [14] Coco Gauff (USA) 6-3 6-3
ABIERTO AKRON ZAPOPAN:
Guadalajara, Mexico | WTA 250 | Hard
A Russian duo of Marie Bouzkova and Anna Kalinskaya have advanced through to the quarter finals in Guadalajara, winning their respective games over Italian Lucia Bronzetti and China’s Xinyu Wang. Bouzkova fought out a straight sets win over Bronzetti, whilst Kalinskaya came back from dropping a bagel set in the second to win in three. In other results, Slovakian Anna Karolina Schmiedlova defeated another Russian in Anastasia Potapova, whilst China’s Wang Qiang knocked off Frenchwoman Harmony Tan to reach the final eight.
ROUND OF 16 RESULTS:
Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (SVK) defeated Anastasia Potapova (RUS) 6-4 7-6
Marie Bouzkova (RUS) defeated Lucia Bronzetti (ITA) 7-6 6-2
Anna Kalinskaya (RUS) defeated Xinyu Wang (CHN) 6-4 0-6 6-4
Qiang Wang (CHN) defeated Harmony Tan (FRA) 6-4 6-2
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