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Sakkari fights back to outlast top-seed Swiatek in Qatar
- A three-set fight saw Maria Sakkari claw her way to a victory over top seed Iga Swiatek in the Qatar Open quarterfinals on Thursday, saying 'I feel a lot better.'
- Having beaten Swiatek early in their rivalry, Sakkari said `last year here in the second round here against her, I was not confident, I was not believing in myself and this year it’s different`, indicating a mental shift.
- The contest featured players trading breaks, with Sakkari breaking early in the second set and again in the deciding-set fourth game, saving multiple break points and winning on her third match point.
- Sakkari moves into her fourth Qatar semifinal, saying `I feel a lot better` as she advances to face either Karolina Muchova or Anna Kalinskaya, signaling regained confidence.
- Swiatek entered having won the Qatar tournament in 2022, 2023 and 2024, but the match featured momentum swings and lasted one minute under two-and-a-half hours.
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Australian Open winner Jelena Rybakina and the top-ranked Iga Swiatek have already lost in the quarter-finals at the WTA 1000 tournament in Doha on Thursday! 26-year-old Kazachin, who had been thrown back by a cooling after her Melbourne triumph, had to defeat Canada's strong teenager Victoria Mboko after a thriller 5:7, 6:4, 4:6. And Swiatek also drew the shortest against Greek Maria Sakkari at 6:2, 4:6, 5:7.
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