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No.1-ranked Iga Swiatek won the Qatar Open for a third straight year on Saturday. Swiatek defeated No.4 Elena Rybakina 7-6 (8), 6-2 in the final. Rybakina led 4-1 but cut her leg in her serving motion and needed medical attention.
The world’s best female tennis players enjoyed some well-deserved downtime from the dramatic rigours of tournament action at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships’ WTA Players’ Party on Tuesday evening.
There will be a new Grand Slam champion on Centre Court when Ons Jabeur plays Elena Rybakina on Saturday in the Wimbledon final.
The Kazakh, who lifted the All England Club trophy last month against the odds, exited the pre-US Open event in 92 minutes as she went down to the American titleholder from 2019.
The 30-year-old Collins, number 53 in the world, is the lowest-ranked woman ever to win the tournament, clinching her biggest career title in a two-hour triumph.
Rybakina will face teenager Sara Bejlek in the next round after the Czech defeated American Ashlyn Krueger 6-3, 6-1. "I've never played against a player like this," said the 18-year-old. "I will try my best and we'll see how it will go tomorrow."