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Dubai Open: Garbine Muguruza ends two-year title drought with straight-sets victory over Barbora Krejcikova in final
•Muguruza was contesting her third final of 2021 and became the first Spanish woman to triumph in the emirate thanks to her success over Krejcikova.
Dubai Open: Garbine Muguruza sees off Elise Mertens in semi-final clash, Barbora Krejcikova beats Jil Teichmann
•The former world number one needed seven match points to overcome a stubborn Elise Mertens 6-4, 7-6 (7/5) in the Dubai semi-finals on Friday, and is now into her second final in as many weeks, having placed runner-up in Doha six days ago.
Dubai Open: Garbine Muguruza fights back from set down to beat Aryna Sabalenka, to face Elise Mertens
•The Spaniard, a runner-up in Doha last week, bounced back from a set down to eliminate the third-seeded Sabalenka 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 and set up a showdown with Belgium’s Elise Mertens.
Dubai Tennis Championships: Novak Djokovic bolts into semi-finals; Stefanos Tsitsipas comes from set down to beat Jan-Lennard Struff
•In all, Djokovic sent down 19 winners to Khachanov’s nine, won 89% of his first serve points, nine of 11 forays to the net, and wrapped up the one-sided affair in just 66 minutes.
Tennis Rankings: Roger Federer rises to fourth with 100th title win; Wang Yafan breaks into WTA top-50
•Novak Djokovic took the week off but remains a long way clear at the top, though the likes of Nadal, Federer and Zverev gained a handful of points in Dubai and Mexico
Roger Federer's 100th title: Victory against Stefanos Tsitsipas perfectly sums up Swiss maestro's decades of excellence
Deepti Patwardhan •Showing no signs of the nervous nineties, Roger Federer raced past Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-4, 6-4 in an hour and 10 minutes to claim his 100th career title
US Open 2017: Can Elina Svitolina wrap up breakthrough year with her maiden Grand Slam title?
Prahlad Srihari •Elina Svitolina has not been able to emulate her WTA Tour performances at the bigger stages and a question mark remains over her Grand Slams credentials.
Dubai Tennis Championships: Andy Murray pips Philipp Kohlschreiber in thrilling quarter-final
•Andy Murray saved seven match points to reach the semi-finals of the Dubai Championships with a marathon 6-7 (4/7), 7-6 (20/18), 6-1 win over Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber on Thursday.
Dubai Tennis Championships: Stan Wawrinka stunned by Dzumhur Damir, Fernando Verdasco advances
•Holder Stan Wawrinka was sensationally dumped out of the Dubai Tennis Championships on Tuesday as his form collapsed following an early 4-1 lead.
Andy Murray's woes deepen after Dubai Championship defeat by teenager
Fp Archives •Andy Murray's February torment deepened on Thursday when he lost 6-1 6-3 to 18-year-old Croatian tyro Borna Coric in the quarter-finals of the Dubai Championships.