This day in Dubai is why the now almost-obselete one-week 1000-level events are so amazing.

Everyone was in the house. And all the top eight seeds were to be in action.

Sabalenka, Swiatek, Gauff, Paolini, Pegula, Rybakina, Zheng and Navarro.

Can’t ask for more.

Except … rain kind of crushed the way, leading some matches to be cancelled, and others interrupted as the players went on court, and off, and on, and off.

But Coco Gauff is out. Again.

ATP Tour – Tuesday results

(Dubai is 9 hours ahead of ET).

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Dubai Duty Free Championships
Location: Dubai, UAE
Category: WTA 1000 
Surface: Hard Court
Dates:  Feb. 16 – 22, 2025
Prize Money: $3,664,963
Draws: S56 – D28

Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025
Final results

Singles, second round

Upsets

McCartney Kessler (USA) def. [3] Coco Gauff (USA) 64 75 

Linda Noskova (CZE) def [11] Diana Shnaider (RUS) 76 (8) 46 63

[WC] Sofia Kenin (USA) def Marta Kostyuk (UKR) 57 76 (7) 75

 

Seeds advancing

[1] Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) def [Q] Veronika Kudermetova (RUS) 63 64

[2] Iga Swiatek (POL) def Victoria Azarenka (BLR) 60 62

[4] Jasmine Paolini (ITA) def. [Q] Eva Lys (GER) 62 75

[5] Jessica Pegula (USA) def. Liudmila Samsonova (RUS) 60 64

[6] Elena Rybakina (KAZ) def. [Q] Moyuka Uchijima (JPN) 63 62

[9] Paula Badosa (ESP) def. Elise Mertens (BEL) 62 61

[14] Karolina Muchova (CZE) def [WC] Emma Raducanu (GBR) 76 (6) 64

 

Other results

Clara Tauson (DEN) def Elina Svitolina (UKR) 76 (5) 36 76 (4)

Dayana Yastremska (UKR) def Anastasia Potapova (RUS) 62 63

 

 

Cancelled

[7] Zheng Qinwen (CHN) vs. Peyton Stearns (USA) 

[8] Emma Navarro (USA) vs. [PR] Belinda Bencic (SUI)

[12] Mirra Andreeva (RUS) vs. Marketa Vondrousova (CZE)

[WC] Sorana Cirstea (ROU) vs. [Q] Alycia Parks (USA)

 

[2] Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN) / Erin Routliffe (NZL) vs. Linda Noskova (CZE) / Yulia Putintseva (KAZ)

[4] Sara Errani / Jasmine Paolini (ITA) vs. Alexandra Panova (RUS) / Fanny Stollar (HUN) 

Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) / Zhang Shuai (CHN) vs. McCartney Kessler (USA) / Clara Tauson (DEN)

Xu Yifan / Yang Zhaoxuan (CHN) vs Tereza Mihalikova (SVK) / Olivia Nicholls (GBR)

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ATP Tour – Monday, Feb. 18, 2025 final results

WTA Tour – Monday, Feb. 17, 2025 final results

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