The 2022 WTA500 Dubai race continued, with the last matchday being a series of upsets, with seeded players out. Kvitova picked out top seed Sabarenka 6-4, 6-4, reaching the Women's Singles Quarterfinals for the first time this year. Defending champion and Tournament No. 4 seed Muguruza won the first set before being reversed to lose 6-3, 4-6, 4-6 to Kudmetova.
Last year's runner-up Krejickova lost 3-6, 6 (3)-7 to world-ranked 146th qualifier Yastremska, the first time Krejickova lost to a player outside the world ranking of 100 after losing to Bogdan in Istanbul last April. Ostapenko successfully reversed 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (4) in a matchup with No. 6 seed Svatek.
The seeded players of the tournament were almost "wiped out". After all the women's singles quarterfinals were produced, only the no. 8 seedEd Abdul-Jabbar remained in the signing table, and the final quarter-final matchup was released, Kvitova vs Ostapenko, Halep vs. Abd al-Jabbar, Tehhiman vs Kudmetova, Vandrosova vs. Jastremska, looking forward to the next showdown.
In the quarter-finals, Kvitova took the lead in the match against Ostapenko, with Kvitova winning the first set 7-5 after falling behind 1-4 in the opening, but missing the second set to win the game. Ostapenko won four consecutive sets after 3-5 and pulled back a city with the same score! The two sides came to the decisive set of contention.
In the decider, the two also played hard to score, and in the end, Ostapenko defeated Kvitova 7-6 (9) in the decider to reach the semi-finals for two consecutive weeks, which was also her first back-to-back reach the WTA Semifinals (Linz -Luxembourg) since 2019. Former French Open champions have won three consecutive Grand Slam winners this week, and she will be waiting for the winner between Halep and Abdul-Jabbar.
In this way, the first final four seats in Dubai were born, and we are looking forward to the next three quarter-finals. In addition, in the women's doubles quarterfinals in Dubai, last year's runner-up Xu Yipan / Yang Zhaoxuan swept Gauff / Pegula 6-2, 6-3, following the Sydney leg at the beginning of the year to reach the final four of the Tour. Looking forward to the two Chinese Golden Flowers to continue to work hard!