Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships - Garbine Muguruza through to Dubai semi-finals, Gauff out

ByCarrie Dunn

Updated 11/03/2021 at 21:11 GMT

Spain's Garbine Muguruza, a former world number one, reached her third Dubai semi-final with another win over Aryna Sabalenka - who she also beat en route to the final in Qatar last week. Elsewhere, Switzerland's Jil Teichmann beat teenager Coco Gauff 6-3, 6-3, while 10th seed Elise Mertens beat Jessica Pegula 5-7, 7-5, 6-0.

Garbine Muguruza continued to look the most dangerous player on the WTA Tour, with a second triumph in as many weeks over Belarus's Aryna Sabalenka - this time at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, to reach the semi-finals.

The Spaniard - seeded ninth in Dubai - beat Sabalenka 6-2, 6-7(5), 6-3 in the round of 16 en route to the Qatar final last week, and this time logged a 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 victory in one hour and 44 minutes.

The former world number one has reached the semi-finals on two previous occasions - but never yet made it to the final.

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She now has 16 wins this year - the most on tour - and bagged this one with 23 winners and the conversion of five out of 11 break point opportunities.

In the other quarter-finals, Switzerland's Jil Teichmann beat teenager Coco Gauff 6-3, 6-3, 10th seed Elise Mertens beat Jessica Pegula 5-7, 7-5, 6-0, and Czech Barbora Krejcikova beat Russia's Anastasia Potapova 6-0, 6-2.

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