Two final “singles” parties fought in less than an hour, the conclusion of the “doubles”
5 unprecedented scenes in the "Dubai Women's Tennis" 2022, most notably Ostapenko and Kudermetova
Latvian Ostapenko during the celebration of the Dubai Championship the day before yesterday.
Photography: Patrick Castillo
The duo of Kudermetova and Martinez during the celebration of the "doubles" title.
Photography: Patrick Castillo
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The 22nd edition of the “Dubai Duty Free” professional tennis tournament, which was unveiled the day before yesterday, in Dubai, celebrated five unprecedented scenes in the history of the tournament, most notably the Latvian singles final, Latvian Ostapenko, and Russian Kudermetova for the conclusion of the doubles also on the same final day. In addition to other remarkable events in the tournament, which won the singles title for the first time, the Latvian Ostapenko, after defeating Kodermetova in two sets without a response (6-0, 6-2).
The remarkable event on the final day was an open confrontation between Ostapenko and Kudermetova, who played 65 minutes in the singles final, less than an hour after their confrontation in the doubles final, in a match that went to the Russian with her Belgian colleague Martinez, where they won (6-1, 6-3). On the duo Ostapenko and Ukrainian Lyudmila Kitchnock.
This also includes giving Ostapenko, Latvia's first title in the history of the tournament, to join the list of 11 countries crowned in the event, as well as the Swiss Gil Tikhman, who was eliminated from the qualifying round, but benefited from the "lucky loser" card, which gave her a new opportunity to compete, so the Swiss took advantage of it to the fullest. face, and eliminated many of the top-ranked women, before being deposited by Russian Kodermetova (2-6, 7-5, 4-6).
It was also remarkable and unprecedented, when a former champion, the Italian Sara Irani, the 2016 champion, bid farewell to the qualifying round against Australian Madison Inglis (7-6, 7-6).
And the fifth, the first appearance of a Kuwaiti tennis player in the tournament, is Sarah Behbehani, after participating in the qualifying round, and she is the second Gulf player to participate in the tournament after the Omani Fatima Al Nabhani.
The 5 scenes
1- Two final singles parties faced each other on the same day in the doubles final.
2- The first crowning of Latvia in the history of the tournament.
3- Swiss Tichmann creates the event with the "lucky loser" card.
4- Italian Sarah Irani, a former champion, was eliminated from the qualifying round.
5- The first appearance of a Kuwaiti player, Sarah Behbehani, in "Dubai Tennis".
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