Iga Swiatek has qualified for the semifinals of the tennis tournament in Doha for the fourth year in a row. The champion of the last three editions of the competition in the Qatari capital defeated Elena Rybakina in a repeat of the 2024 final with 6-2, 7-5. The match lasted about an hour and 35 minutes.

The world number 2 dominated the first set, in which she made two breaks. The second part began with an early break from Rybakina, but she lost her advantage in the eighth game. Swiatek waited for her moment and with a decisive break in the 12th game earned a place in the last four of the tournament.

The Polish player will face the winner of the match between Ons Jabeur and Jelena Ostapenko in the semifinals.

In the 1/2 final in the upper half of the scheme, Ekaterina Alexandrova, who earlier this week stopped world number 1 Aryna Sabalenka, will face the winner between Marta Kostyuk and Amanda Anisimova. | BGNES