Anett Kontaveit, Iga Swiatek to meet for Qatar Open title
Anett Kontaveit reached her seventh WTA final since August on Friday when she breezed past Jelena Ostapenko 6-1, 6-4 at the Qatar Open.
Into her FIRST WTA 1000 final 👏
🇪🇪 @AnettKontaveit wins a ninth straight match with victory over Ostapenko in Doha!
Faces Swiatek or Sakkari for the #QatarTennis title on Saturday 🙌 pic.twitter.com/RPtlHOrIET
— wta (@WTA) February 25, 2022
The 26-year-old Estonian, with six career titles to her name, will face former French Open champion Iga Swiatek of Poland who defeated Greece’s Maria Sakkari, 6-4, 6-3, in Saturday’s final.
Happy tears 🥲
🇵🇱 @iga_swiatek defeats Sakkari for the first time to advance to the Doha final!#QatarTennis pic.twitter.com/iLmYi8uaeN
— wta (@WTA) February 25, 2022
She needed just 68 minutes to defeat last week’s Dubai champion Ostapenko.
Kontaveit has been on a red-hot streak on the tour with five of her titles coming since last summer, the most recent of which was in St Petersburg two weeks ago.
Anett Kontaveit made 7 WTA finals from April 2017-June 2021, winning 1 (2017 s’Hertogenbosch). Was 0-2 in hard-court finals (2017 Biel, 2018 Wuhan).
Since the start of Aug. 2021: 7 WTA finals (incl. Doha), with a chance to win her 6th tomorrow. Only loss: WTA Finals (Muguruza). pic.twitter.com/dwh6CzxgGG
— WTA Insider (@WTA_insider) February 25, 2022
Seventh seed Swiatek will be chasing her fourth title after beating Sakkari for the first time in four meetings on the back of 20 winners on Friday.
Down to the final two in Doha 🇶🇦
Anett & Iga will go for the #QatarTennis title! 🏆 pic.twitter.com/ku84SWJXOK
— wta (@WTA) February 25, 2022