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After the seed carnage of Wednesday, No. 8 Ons Jabeur is the only seeded player left standing.

Among the final eight, there are two qualifiers and one lucky loser.

It’s definitely not what most anticipated when they saw the loaded draw before the start of the event.

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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

Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022
Final results

Singles, quarterfinals

Simona Halep (ROU) def [8] Ons Jabeur (TUN) 64 63

Veronika Kudermetova (RUS) def [LL] Jil Teichmann (SUI) 62 57 64
Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) def Petra Kvitova (CZE) 57 75 76 (9)
[Q] Marketa Vondrousova (CZE) def [Q] Dayana Yastremska (UKR) 75 64

Doubles, quarterfinals

Lyudmyla Kichenok (UKR) / Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) def [1] Ena Shibahara (JPN) / Zhang Shuai (CHN) 60 61

[2] Veronika Kudermetova (RUS) / Elise Mertens (BEL) def. Desirae Krawczyk (USA) / Ellen Perez (AUS) 26 76 (5) [10-7]

Xu Yifan / Yang Zhaoxuan (CHN) def Coco Gauff / Jessica Pegula (USA) 62 63

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