Last Updated: February 26, 2023, 07:53 IST
Czech Republic’s Barbora Krejcikova celebrates after she beats Poland’s Iga Swiatek throughout their closing match of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Saturday, Feb 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
The Czech participant acquired the higher of world no 1, Swiatek, 6-4, 6-2. Krejcikova closed the event by beating the highest three gamers in the WTA rankings: No. 3 Jessica Pegula in the quarterfinals, No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka in the semifinals, then Swiatek
Top-ranked Iga Swiatek was upset by Barbora Krejcikova 6-4, 6-2 in the ultimate of the Dubai Championships on Saturday.
Krejcikova closed the event by beating the highest three gamers in the WTA rankings: No. 3 Jessica Pegula in the quarterfinals, No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka in the semifinals, then Swiatek. No. 8 Daria Kasaktina was additionally overcome in the second spherical.
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The Czech is the fifth lady in the Open period to beat the world’s prime three on the identical occasion.
“It’s a big achievement and I think it’s going to give me a lot of confidence that I can play with the best ones,” Krejcikova mentioned.
The former French Open champion dominated the ultimate, breaking Swiatek 5 instances. The Pole earned two breaks again in the primary set, however Krejcikova then performed out a love break and held to love for the set.
In the second, she broke for 2-1 and 5-2 and simply held serve to win her sixth singles title.
“I showed my best tennis this week,” Krejcikova mentioned. “I was able to play my tennis but also hold the nerves.”
Her earlier title was in October, when she beat Swiatek for the primary time in the Ostrava closing.
“When you play with Iga, you have to suffer, otherwise you’re not going to win because she’s everywhere,” she mentioned. “She plays great shots. She likes to play long rallies. So you have to suffer. I don’t mind that.”
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