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With Simona Halep’s win over No. 8 seed Ons Jabeur Thursday, there are no seeds in the women’s semifinals.
As well, only No. 2 seeds Mertens and Kudermetova survived the doubles draw to get to the final four.
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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
Friday, Feb. 18, 2022
Final results
Singles, semifinals
Veronika Kudermetova (RUS) def [Q] Marketa Vondrousova (CZE) WALKOVER
Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) def Simona Halep (ROU) 26 76 (0) 60
Doubles, semifinals
[2] Veronika Kudermetova (RUS) / Elise Mertens (BEL) def Xu Yifan / Yang Zhaoxuan (CHN) 63 75
Lyudmyla Kichenok (UKR) / Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) def [WC] Sania Mirza (IND) / Lucie Hradecka (CZE) 26 62 [10-7]
Thanks for all your hard work Stephanie. You are a reasonable voice in a sea of speculation and misinformation. From storm tossed UK, in all senses.
Thank you Marie. I do my very best! From snow-covered Montreal 🙂 (And yes, I see what you did there).