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Four seeds in the semifinals – but not the top four seeds as Maria Sakkari eked one out against No. 3 Garcia on Thursday, and Veronika Kudermetova got the best of No. 4 Coco Gauff.

Gauff still will leave with hardware, though, as she teamed up with countrywoman Jessica Pegula (once she was through winning her singles semi), to take the doubles title.

And in Dubai, the qualifying has already begun for the WTA 1000 tournament there next week.

(Doha, Qatar is eight hours ahead of ET, 11 hours ahead of PT)

ATP – Friday, Feb. 17, 2023 final results

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Qatar Total Energies Open
Dates: Feb. 13 – 18, 2023
Location: Doha, Qatar
Surface: Outdoor Hard (WTA 500)
Prize money: $780,637
Draws: S28 – D16

Friday, Feb. 17, 2023
Final results

Singles, semifinals

[1] Iga Swiatek (POL) def [8] Veronika Kudermetova (RUS) 60 61
[2] Jessica Pegula (USA) def [5/WC] Maria Sakkari (GRE) 62 46 61

Doubles final

[1] Coco Gauff / Jessica Pegula (USA) def [2] Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) / Lyudmyla Kichenok (UKR) 62 46 [10-7]

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Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships
Dates: Feb. 19 – 25, 2023
Location: Dubai, UAE
Surface: Outdoor Hard (WTA 1000)
Prize money: $2,788,468
Draws: S56 – D28

Friday, Feb. 17, 2023
Final results
Qualifying, first round

[6] Rebecca Marino (CAN) def. Harriet Dart (GBR) 76 (1) 67 (5) 61

Seo-Jeong Jang (KOR) def. [2] Anna Kalinskaya (RUS) 36 76 (6) 62
[WC] Stefania Bojica (ROU) def. [4] Danka Kovinic (MNE) 63 76 (2)
Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) def [8] Maryna Zanevska (BEL) 36 63 62
Katarina Zavatska (UKR) def. [9] Madison Brengle (USA) 36 61 64
Laura Siegemund (GER) def. [10] Cristina Bucsa (ESP) 62 61

[1] Lauren Davis (USA) def. [WC] Anna Danilina (KAZ) 63 61
[3] Claire Liu (USA) def. Kristina Kucova (SVK) 63 64
[5] Jasmine Paolini (ITA) def. [PR] Margarita Gasparyan Betova (RUS) 64 61
[7] Ana Bogdan (ROU) def. Clara Burel (FRA) 60 63
[11] Julia Grabher (AUT) def. [WC] Eden Silva (GBR) 62 63
[12] Rebeka Masarova (ESP) def. Olga Danilovic (SRB) 63 62
[13] Tereza Martincova (SVK) def. Magdalena Frech (POL) 64 64
[14] Dayana Yastremska (UKR) def. Sara Errani (ITA) 61 63
[15] Viktoriya Tomova (BUL) def. Ankita Raina (IND) 36 61 64
[16] Océane Dodin (FRA) def. Reka-Luca Jani (HUN) 36 62 62