Tennis
Bad day for favorites in Dubai
(Dubai) The main favorites for the title at the Dubai tournament, including the first two seeds Aryna Sabalenka and Barbora Krejcikova, but also the defending champion Garbine Muguruza, Iga Swiatek and Elina Svitolina, lost Wednesday in the second round .
Belarusian Sabalenka, seeded N.1, was beaten 6-4, 6-4 by former Emirati tournament winner, Czech Petra Kvitova, while Roland-Garros champion Barbora Krejcikova (N.2) , also Czech, lost 6-3, 7-6 (7/3) to Ukrainian qualifier Dayana Yastremska.
Muguruza (N.4) lost to Russian Veronika Kudermetova 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 while Swiatek (N.6) was eliminated by Latvian Jelena Ostapenko. The hopes of Elina Svitolina (N.10) to add a third title to her collection in Dubai ended prematurely against the Swiss Jil Teichmann 7-6 (7/0), 6-2.
The Tunisian Ons Jabeur (N.8), victorious over the American Jessica Pegula 6-3, 6-1, will be the only seed in the running in the quarter-finals.
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Jessica Martinez is an author at Sportish, a publication dedicated to sports news and analysis. She covers various topics related to sports and provides insightful commentary on the latest developments in the world of sports.