In the early morning of February 20, Beijing time, the 2022 WTA500 Dubai Tennis Championships ushered in the women's singles final competition. Previously, Ostapenko beat Halep 2-6, 7-6 (0),6-0 to make three consecutive comebacks, winning four consecutive Grand Slam winners this week to reach the Tour finals after last year's Legumin. Vandrosova withdrew from the semi-finals of the WTA500 Dubai due to injury, and Kudmetova won without a fight to advance directly.
Ostapenko is currently ranked 21st in the world, with 9 wins and 3 losses this season, and Kudmetova is currently ranked 31st in the world, with 8 wins and 3 losses this season. Ostapenko beat Kenning, Swatek, Kvitova and Halep in succession, and the next three games were reversed, With Kudmetova defeating Azarenka, Muguruza and Tehhiman and receiving Vandrosova's retirement in the semi-finals. Looking forward to a wonderful duel between the two sides.
In the first set, Ostapenko quickly got into shape, while Kudmetova, who had a bandage wrapped around her left thigh, couldn't find the right rhythm. As a result, Ostapenko delivered the duck eggs in just 22 minutes and won 6-0. In the first set, Kudmetova scored only 8 points.
In the second set, Ostapenko, despite losing his first serve to open 0-2, went on to go three sets and scored 5-3 after breaking Kudmetova's serve again in the eighth. Although Ostapenko lost his serve to win the game, he then defeated his opponent 6-4 in the next set to seal the championship after breaking Kudmetova's indispensable serve.
In this way, Ostapenko successfully won the first crown of the season, which was also the fifth crown of her career. With this week's outstanding performance, latvians will return to the top 20 in the world rankings, back to No.13.
In the women's doubles final in Dubai, No. 2 seed Kudmetova/Mertens swept Ostapenko/L Chichenok 6-1 6-3 in 58 minutes to win their second title since the partnership (last year's Istanbul). Kudmetova avenged the loss in the singles final, her third career doubles title. Mertens won his 15th career doubles title.