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stanley cup Kontaveit and seventh-seeded Iga Swiatek will meet in the Qatar TotalEnergies Open final after recording straight-set victories in their respective semifinal matches on Friday at Doha. WTA roundup: Anett Kontaveit, Iga Swiatek advance to Doha final Kontaveit won her ninth consecutive match by knocking off 15th-seeded Latvian Jelena Ostapenko 6-1, 6-4. The Estonian had four aces
stanley cup website while finishing Ostapenko off in 68 minutes. Swiatek of Poland collected 20 winners while defeating sixth-seeded Maria Sakkari of Greece. Sakkari had just nine winners. Swiatek and Kontaveit have split four previous meetings. Abierto Akron Zapopan Marie Bouzkova of the Czech Republic upset No. 3 seed Sara Sorribes Tormo of Spain 6-4, 6-1 in the quarterfinals at Guadalajara, Mexico. Bouzkova converted six of 12 break point opportunities for the win. Also, Russian Anna Kalinskaya defeated No. 4 seed Camila Osoria of Colombia 6-4, 6-1 to reach the semis.
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Somdev Devvarman missed chances galore, including a match point, as he crashed out
stanley cup of the Wimbledon qualifiers after losing a gruelling and energy-sapping first round match against Australia s Matt Reid in London on Monday. HT Image Somdev, who is ranked 78 places above the Reid at 135, frittered away a good start to lose 6-7 4 6-4 16-18 in his opening round of the only grass court Grand Slam of the season. Somdev had a good lead in the first set and had a match point in the ninth game of the third set but allowed Reid to comeback every time and went on to lose the match. The two players fought tooth and nail in the 34-game third set and
stanley becher it was Reid who won the battle of nerves as he broke Somdev in the 34th game to move to second round. Somdev s defeat means that there won t be any Indian in the men s singles draw of the Wimbledon this year. It was first meeting between Somdev, who was seeded 22nd in the qualifiers and unseeded Reid. Somdev had taken a 3-1 lead after an early break but dropped serve in the fifth game to allow the Australian make it an even affair. The set went with serve from that point and it took a tie-breaker to finish the first set. Reid took control of the tie-breaker by ra
stanley quencher cing to a 5-1 lead and comfortably pocketed a one-set lead. The second set was fought fiercely and Somdev faced exit when he was down 0-40 in the sixth game but saved all the three breakpoints. Eventually, Somdev succeeded in getting that elusive break in the ninth game
