Qatar Open Highlights: World No.1 Iga Swiatek successfully defended her title at the Qatar TotalEnergies Open on Saturday, sweeping past fourth-ranked Jessica Pegula 6-3, 6-0 in the Doha final. No.1 seed Swiatek topped No.2 seed Pegula to capture her first Hologic WTA Tour title of the year, and the 12th title of her career overall. Swiatek dropped only five games all week en route to the title. Follow Qatar Open 2023 LIVE updates on InsideSport.IN
Qatar Open Highlights: Iga Swiatek wins second successive title in Qatar Open, defeats Jessica Pegula in straight sets in final – Follow Swiatek vs Pegula Highlights
BACK2BACK IN DOHA 🏆🏆
🇵🇱 @iga_swiatek defends her @QatarTennis title, seeing off Pegula 6-3, 6-0! #QatarTennis pic.twitter.com/FsCo6GOFL3
— wta (@WTA) February 18, 2023
Swiatek becomes the first player to defend a WTA Tour singles title since she won her second straight Rome title in May of last year. For the second year in a row, Doha is the site of Swiatek’s first title of the season.
Last year, her Doha title run was the start of something big — a 37-match winning streak, culminating in her second Grand Slam title at Roland Garros.
Swiatek used heavy replies off of the Pegula service to go up a break at both 2-0 and 4-2, but Pegula immediately broke back each time, forcing Swiatek into errors by using her exceptional speed to extend rallies.
Nevertheless, the top seed again attacked the Pegula delivery with more thunderous replies to break for a 5-3 lead. This time, Swiatek would not be pulled back level, as she powered to a love hold to take the one-set lead.
After a close opening set, Swiatek had things almost entirely her own way in the second set. Swiatek won 73 percent of points returning Pegula’s second service in the match, leading to six service breaks on the day.
Qatar Open Highlights: Iga Swiatek wins second successive title in Qatar Open, defeats Jessica Pegula in straight sets in final – Follow Swiatek vs Pegula Highlights
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