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It’s the finals in Doha and with the doubles final played Friday, the singles match was the only match on the sked.

Meanwhile, “down the road” in Dubai, the final round of qualifying wraps up while the qualies at the Merida tournament in Mexico (relocated from Guadalajara) begin.

The good news there was that Carol Zhao got in as an alternate, and ended up advancing when opponent Coco Vandeweghe retired down a set and 3-0 in the second.

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

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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

Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023
Results

Singles final

[1] Iga Swiatek (POL) def [2] Jessica Pegula (USA) 63 60

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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

Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023
Final results
Qualifying, final round

(1st-round opponents in brackets)

[12] Rebeka Masarova (ESP) def. [6] Rebecca Marino (CAN) 46 63 76 (5) (Aliaksandra Sasnovich)

[7] Ana Bogdan (ROU) def [13] Tereza Martincova (SVK) 64 75 ([Q] Laura Siegemund)
[11] Julia Grabher (AUT) def Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) 63 62 (Leylah Fernandez)
[5] Jasmine Paolini (ITA) def [16] Océane Dodin (FRA)  61 75 (Madison Keys)
Laura Siegemund (GER) def [3] Claire Liu (USA) 64 64 ([Q] Ana Bogdan)
[15] Viktoriya Tomova (BUL) def Seo-Jeong Jang (KOR) 63 75 (Kaia Kanepi)
[14] Dayana Yastremska (UKR) def. [1] Lauren Davis (USA) 63 63(Alizé Cornet)
Katarina Zavatska (UKR) def [WC] Stefania Bojica (ROU) 62 61 ([13] Jelena Ostapenko)

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Merida Open Akron
Dates: Feb. 20 – 26, 2023
Location: Merida, Mexico
Surface: Outdoor Hard (WTA 250)
Prize money: $259,303
Draws: S32 – D16

Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023
Final results
Qualifying, first round

[ALT] Carol Zhao (CAN) Katrina Scott (USA) def. [11] Coco Vandeweghe (USA) 76 (3) 30 retd

Aliona Bolsova (ESP) def [2] Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (SVK) 61 62
Rebecca Peterson (SWE) def. [6] Diane Parry (FRA) 61 76 (5)
Ana Konjuh (CRO) def [7] Marina Bassols Ribera (ESP) 75 75

[1] Varvara Gracheva (RUS) def. [WC] Emiliana Arango (COL) 61 62
[3] Lesia Tsurenko (UKR) def. [WC] Caroline Dolehide (USA) 62 64
[4] Laura Pigossi (BRA) def. [WC] Maria Fernanda Navarro Oliva (MEX) 64 63
[5] Léolia Jeanjean (FRA) def. Despina Papamichail (GRE) 75 16 63
[8] Lucrezia Stefanini (ITA) def. Maria Lourdes Carlé (ARG) 60 76 (1)
[9] Erika Andreeva (RUS) def. [WC] Lya Isabel Fernandez-Olivares (MEX) 61 60
[12] Kimberly Birrell (AUS) def Elizabeth Mandlik (USA) 64 63

[10] Emma Navarro (USA) [ALT] Elina Avanesyan (RUS) def Nao Hibino (JPN) 46 63 63
 

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