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When you look at the quality players who are unseeded in this 500-level event, it’s pretty remarkable.

Grand Slam champions Petra Kvitova, Simona Halep and former top-10 players Daria Kasatkina and Caroline Garcia (who needed a wild card) are all in that group.

There’s a recent French Open finalist among those in the final round of qualifying, too.

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Dubai Duty-Free Tennis Championships
Dates: Feb. 14 – 20, 2022
Location: Dubai, UAE
Surface: Outdoor Hard (WTA 500)
Prize money: $703,580
Draws: S32 – D16

Monday, Feb. 14, 2022
Final results

Singles, first round

[2] Barbora Krejcikova (CZE) def. [WC] Caroline Garcia (FRA) 64 76 (0)
[6] Iga Swiatek (POL) def. Daria Kasatkina (RUS) 61 62

Simona Halep (ROU) def. [WC] Alison Riske (USA) 62 64
Petra Kvitova (CZE) def. Camila Giorgi (ITA) 62 60
Jessica Pegula (USA) def Coco Gauff (USA) 64 64

Doubles, first round

Shuko Aoyama (JPN) / Aleksandra Krunic (SRB) def [4] Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN) / Giuliana Olmos (MEX) 76 (5) 26 [10-5]

[1] Ena Shibahara (JPN) / Zhang Shuai (CHN) def. Eri Hozumi / Makoto Ninomiya (JPN) 75 64

Qualifying, final round

(1st-round opponents in brackets)

Varvara Gracheva (RUS) def. Maryna Zanevska (BEL) 61 67 (4) 63 ([LL] Ajla Tomljanovic)
[12] Marta Kostyuk (UKR) def Harriet Dart (GBR) 61 61 ([1] Aryna Sabalenka)
Elena-Gabriela Ruse (ROU) def [6] Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS) 61 75 ([3] Paula Badosa)
[9] Katerina Siniakova (CZE) def [1] Jil Teichmann (SUI) 63 64 ([4] Garbiñe Muguruza)
[5] Marketa Vondrousova (CZE) def. [8] Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) 62 46 64 ([9] Marketa Vondrousova)
Dayana Yastremska (UKR) def. Madison Brengle (USA) 61 75 (Irina-Camelia Begu)

[LL] Jil Teichmann (Elise Mertens)
[LL] Ajla Tomljanovic ([Q] Varvara Gracheva)

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