Qatar Open: Garbine Muguruza sets up quarter-finals against Ash Barty; Karolina Pliskova loses to rising star Ons Jabeur
Former No 1 Garbiñe Muguruza beat Ukrainian teenager Dayana Yastremska 6-2, 6-4 Wednesday to reach the quarter-finals of the Qatar Open.
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Muguruza is a former French Open and Wimbledon champion who lost in this year's Australian Open final.
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Former No 1 Garbiñe Muguruza has reached the quarters of all five tournaments she has played in 2020.
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Third-seeded Karolina Pliskova was ousted after losing 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 to Ons Jabeur, a rising talent from Tunisia.
Doha: Former No 1 Garbiñe Muguruza beat Ukrainian teenager Dayana Yastremska 6-2, 6-4 Wednesday to reach the quarter-finals of the Qatar Open.
File image of Spain's Garbine Muguruza. AP Photo
Muguruza, the former French Open and Wimbledon champion who lost in this year's Australian Open final, has reached the quarter-finals of all five tournaments she has played in 2020. She will next face current No. 1 Ash Barty, who advanced when Elena Rybakina had to withdraw from the tournament with an injury after her second-round win on Tuesday.
Third-seeded Karolina Pliskova lost 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 to Ons Jabeur, a rising talent from Tunisia who reached the Australian Open quarter-finals.
Jabeur will next face Petra Kvitova, who defeated Jelena Ostapenko 6-2, 4-6, 6-1.
Fourth-seeded Belinda Bencic also advanced by beating Yulia Putintseva 6-4, 6-3.
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