After a week of upsets in Doha, the top seeds are looking to redeem themselves at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships.
Denmark’s Clara Tauson will play Czech youngster Linda Noskova after beating Belarus' Sabalenka 6-3, 6-2. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Sabalenka was back competing at the Qatar Open for the first time since 2022, having won the 2020 title in what is the first WTA 1000 event of the season. Alexandrova's reward was a last-16 date with Belgian Elise Mertens.
World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka picked up her first win since the Australian Open at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships. Zheng Qinwen and Mirra Andreeva are among the players who had their matches postponed.