Raducanu Receives Doha Wild Card

By Richard Pagliaro | @TennisNow  | Thursday, February 6, 2025

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Emma Raducanu goals to get again on the successful monitor in Doha.

World No. 56 Raducanu has obtained a wild card into subsequent week’s Qatar Whole Open.

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The 22-year-old Briton has suffered successive first-round losses bowing to No. 101 Cristina Bucsa in her Singapore opener earlier than falling to 2023 Wimbledon winner Marketa Vondrousova 6-3, 6-4 within the Abu Dhabi first-round earlier this week.

Final 12 months, Iga Swiatek made ihstory in Doha.

Roaring again from 1-4 down, Swiatek saved a set level within the tiebreaker defeating Elena Rybakina 7-6(8) 6-2 to seize her third consecutive Qatar Open crown and make historical past as the primary three-time Doha champion. 

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Blown out at the beginning, Swiatek amped up her aggression and accuracy overcoming each blustery situations and the 2022 Wimbledon winner who had crushed her 3 times in a row.

“It was actually lengthy, it was actually robust,” Swiatek mentioned after the two-hour, 19-minute triumph. “Congrats to Elena for an important match and to your staff.

“You’re doing an important job. We already performed so many robust matches that I believe it’s simply gonna be nice if we proceed and have enjoyable and simply give a pleasant expertise to the followers.”

The highest-seeded Swiatek turned the primary girl to win a WTA match 3 times in a row since Serena Williams swept the Miami Open from 2013 to 2015.