No. 4 seed Jasmine Paolini acquired crushed within the Doha round-of-16, whereas sixth-seeded Jessica Pegula loved a superb day on the workplace and progressed into the quarterfinal.
The Italian, who made two Grand Slam finals final yr, stood no likelihood in opposition to Jelena Ostapenko after the world No. 37 registered a dominant 6-2 6-2 win.
For a spot within the Doha semifinal, the Latvian will play in opposition to the winner of the match between Ons Jabeur and Sofia Kenin.
In the meantime, Pegula overcame Tenth-seeded Daria Kasatkina 6-3 7-5.
In her subsequent Qatar Open match, the sixth-seeded American will meet Ekaterina Alexandrova or Elise Mertens.
How Ostapenko, Pegula gained?
After saving two break factors within the second sport of the match, the Latvian claimed back-to-back breaks and gained a complete of 5 video games in a row to go 5-1 up, earlier than serving out for the primary set within the eighth sport.
Down by a set, Paolini confirmed some indicators of life after taking the opening two video games of the second set.
Nevertheless, it did not take lengthy earlier than Ostapenko regained full management of the match, happening one other large run and profitable the following six video games in a row to overturn an early second-set deficit and to finish a two-set win.
Previously, the Latvian completed as Doha runner-up in her 2016 debut and she or he was additionally a semifinalist on the event in 2022.
“I feel very special playing in Doha, because I feel this is the place where everything started for me,” Ostapenko mentioned in her on-court interview.
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Within the Pegula and Kasatkina match, the American gained the primary set after incomes breaks within the fifth and ninth video games and she or he additionally opened an early 3-1 lead within the second set.
Down by a set and two breaks, Kasatkina responded by profitable the following 4 video games to go 5-3 up.
However Pegula did not permit the Russian to take the match right into a decider because the American went on a four-game run of her personal to get the job carried out in two units.
