Ostapenko defeats Halep .. and "Dubai Tennis" is on a date with a new champion
The Dubai Women's Tennis Championships is on a date with a new champion, after the success of the 21st world ranked Latvian Elena Ostapenko in eliminating the last champions who had previously won the title, after the Latvian defeated Romanian Simona Halep in two sets of one set "2-6, 7-6, 6 -". 0”, in a match that brought them together in the semi-finals, in the tournament currently being held in its 22nd edition, and the curtain will be closed tomorrow.
And it took Ostapenko one hour and 37 minutes to end Halep's dream of adding the third title, after winning the 2015 and 2020 editions.
Halep joined the victims of Ostapenko from the players who had previously won the "Dubai Tennis" title and exited the 22nd edition, after Latvia succeeded in the quarter-finals by eliminating the 2013 Czech champion Petra Kavitova, with Ostapenko winning in two sets of one set "5-7, 7-5 and 7". -6".
And Ostapenko hit a date at 7 pm tomorrow in the final match with Russian Veronika Kodermetova, ranked 31 in the world, after the Russian received a free gift to reach the final after the withdrawal of her Czech opponent, Makita Vondrosova, ranked 38, before the start of the second semi-final round with injury.
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