Compared with the men's four races at the same time, this week's WTA Tour is only held in Dubai, of course, the luxurious pre-match lineup still attracted a lot of media and fans.
32 women's singles regular draws means competitiveness from the first round of the tournament. The second round of competition has just ended, and only one of the top eight seeds is left.
Top seed Sabalenka lost 4-6 to two-time Grand Slam champion Kvitova, who also beat the TOP10 players for the first time in two years.
The town's No. 2 seed Kregitskova also lost the game, facing Ukrainian rising star Yastremska, who was also eliminated 0-2.
It should be noted that the Ukrainian is currently ranked only 146th in the world, and the victory over Kregitskova is also the third time in her career to beat the top 10 players, while the Czech general, who finished runner-up in this tournament last year, did not qualify for the women's singles quarterfinals.
Last year's runner-up is out, followed by defending champion Muguruza, the No. 4 seed in this year's Dubai tournament, and Spain's quarter-final opponent is Kudmetova.
Previously, Kudmetova had lost three consecutive games to Muguruza, and the two met for the fourth time in this tournament, and she reversed the promotion after losing one set first.
No. 6 seed Svatek also lost in the match against Ostapenko, who is also a former French Open women's singles champion, and this second round of the matchup is also very interesting.
In the end, the two fought in three sets, and Ostapenko won 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (4) to win a valuable place in the quarterfinals.
At this point, only the 8th seed Jaber was left in the top eight seeds of the women's singles, and her opponent in the second round was the American player Pegula, who finally defeated the opponent 6-3, 6-1 to advance to the quarterfinals.
In addition, the 10th seed Svitolina also failed to get a place in the quarterfinals, eliminating the Ukrainian star is the lucky loser Tychmann, so far this year's Women's Singles Quarterfinals in Dubai has all been decided, the following is the specific matchup in the quarterfinals:
Kvitova vs Ostapenko
Halep vs[8] Jabel
[L] Teihiman vs Kudmetova
[Q] Wondersova vs [Q] Yastremska
Despite the loss of a large number of big seeded players, several matches in the quarter-finals are still quite interesting, and Grand Slam champions such as Kvitova and Halep are still in the process of signing.
It is worth mentioning that this year's Dubai women's doubles quarterfinals has a number of Chinese golden flower figures, Xu Yipan and Yang Zhaoxuan in the first round of Li Kenin / Pudintseva, their second round opponent is another pair of strong combination Gauff / Pegula.
Zhang Shuai partnered with Japan's Shibahara Eicho to become the top seed of the tournament, and the two defeated a Japanese pair in the first round and will face Liu Kichenok/Ostapenko in the second round. (Source: House of Tennis Author: Barbie)