WTA Dubai: Simona Halep and Petra Martic complete semi-finals
Simona Halep and Petra Martic are in the semi-finals of the WTA Premier tournament in Dubai.
by Nikolaus Fink
last edit: Feb 20, 2020, 07:47 pm
The top seeded Simona Halep also had to fight properly against Aryna Sabalenka after her close knockout stage win over Ons Jabeur. The Belarusian won the first set 6: 3, the rounds two and three went relatively clearly to the Romanian. Halep finally won 3: 6, 6: 2 and 6: 2.
Petra Martic had previously qualified for the preliminary round. Croatia had big problems in the first set against Anett Kontaveit, set two was much easier for the Croatian: Martic described the 7: 6 (4) and 6: 1 success after the game as her "best match of the season ".
So in the semifinals there will be games between Simona Halep and Jennifer Brady or Petra Martic and Elena Rybakina. Both Brady and Rybakina had some surprising quarter-finals in the day session .