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Sabalenka blames lack of focus for Dubai exit

Aryna Sabalenka lost 6-3, 6-2 to Clara Tauson in the Dubai Championships, citing a lack of focus and motivation as reasons for her defeat.
Clara Tauson broke Sabalenka's serve six times, achieving her first WTA 1000 quarter-final spot after this match.
Sofia Kenin eliminated defending champion Jasmine Paolini with a score of 6-4, 6-0, marking Kenin's first win over a top-five player since 2020.
The WTA announced a ban on a man who exhibited fixated behavior towards Emma Raducanu during her match, leading to a security incident in Dubai.

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The National

'I'm not that hungry': Aryna Sabalenka makes stark admission after Dubai exit

World No 1 says a lack of desire was behind her last-16 defeat to Clara Tauson

2 days ago·Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

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The Hindu

Dubai Tennis Championships 2025: Sabalenka blames lack of focus for exit

Sabalenka, who won the Qatar Open in 2020, suffered a second-round defeat to Ekaterina Alexandrova in Doha last week.

2 days ago·India

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The Star Kuala Lumpur

Tennis-Sabalenka blames lack of focus for Dubai exit

(Reuters) - World number one Aryna Sabalenka blamed a lack of focus and motivation for her last-16 defeat at the Dubai Championships, where she fell 6-3 6-2 to world number 38 Clara Tauson. Read full story

2 days ago·Malaysia

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Channel News Asia

Sabalenka blames lack of focus for Dubai exit

World number one Aryna Sabalenka blamed a lack of focus and motivation for her last-16 defeat at the Dubai Championships, where she fell 6-3 6-2 to world number 38 Clara Tauson.Sabalenka, who won the Qatar Open in 2020, suffered a second-round defeat to Ekaterina Alexandrova in Doha last week. Thr

2 days ago·Singapore

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Al-Monitor

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Sabalenka thrashed in Dubai as Paolini's title defence ends

World number one Aryna Sabalenka slumped to a 6-3, 6-2 loss against Denmark's Clara Tauson in the last 16 of the Dubai Championships on Wednesday, as Jasmine Paolini's title defence came to a painful end.Sabalenka, who beat the 38th-ranked Tauson on her way to last month's Australian Open final, suffered a second straight premature exit after losing in her opening match in Qatar a week ago.

3 days ago·Washington, United States

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WTA Tennis

Tauson takes down World No. 1 Sabalenka for career-best win in Dubai

Denmark's Clara Tauson scored just the second Top 10 victory of her career with a stunning victory over World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka in the Round of 16 of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships.

3 days ago·Saint Petersburg, United States

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