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Daria kasatkina win's over Johanna Konta in dubai 2018

DUBAI, UAE
Daria Kasatkina needed over three hours and saved two match points to battle past No.7 seed Johanna Konta in a three-set marathon to reach the quarterfinals at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships.

Kasatkina will likely rue her missed chances early in the match; she held nine break points in five separate games across the first two sets, but wasn’t able to break the Konta serve until late in the second. But she stayed calm and waited for her chances to come back from a set down and record the 4-6, 7-6(6), 6-2 victory.

Elina Svitolina into semis of the dubai duty free tennis championship 2018

DUBAI, UAE 
Defending champion Elina Svitolina came from a break down in the second set to see off Naomi Osaka and return to the semifinals at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships in straight sets on Thursday, 6-2, 6-4.

Elina Svitolina win's over Wang Qiang in dubai 2018

DUBAI, UAE
Top seed and defending champion Elina Svitolina needed to dig deep in her return to the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships on Wednesday, as she defeated lucky loser Wang Qiang, 6-1, 5-7, 6-2.

Caroline garcia win's over Lucie Safarova in Dubai 2018

DUBAI, UAE
 Caroline Garcia closed out the night session at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships with a 6-3, 7-5 victory over Lucie Safarova.

Angelique kerber advances in Dubai 2018. Strycova out

DUBAI, UAE 
Angelique Kerber set up a second-round meeting with former champion Sara Errani at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships on Tuesday, after the German dispatched Barbora Strycova in under an hour, 6-2, 6-1.

Naomi Osaka win's over kristina Mladenovic in Dubai 2018

With such a strong field in Dubai, No.48-ranked Osaka would have originally needed to play qualifying to make it into the main draw. She received a late wildcard, though, and made good on it right away needing just over an hour to record the 6-2, 6-2 upset over the No.14-ranked Mladenovic.

“I thought I played really well,” Osaka said in her on court interview. “She’s a really great player so I feel anytime you play someone that good you have to step up your level.

Daria kasatkina win's over radwanska in Dubai 2018

DUBAI, UAE
Russian Daria Kasatkina held her nerve when it mattered the most in the first round of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships on Monday to take out 2012 champion Agnieszka Radwanska in straight sets, 7-5, 6-4. 

Johanna Konta win's over anastasia pavlyuchenkova in Dubai 2018

DUBAI, UAE
Johanna Konta made a winning debut at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, taking down Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in straight sets, 7-6(2), 6-2.

The victory extends Konta’s impressive record against Russian players, winning seven of her past eight matches. Konta also becomes the first British woman to win a main draw match in Dubai tournament history.