Qatar Total Open: Siegemund and Pegula Reach the Quarter-Finals

Doha, March 03 (QNA) - Laura Siegemund and Jessica Pegula won Tuesday their matches against Elena Rybakina and Wang Qiang in Qatar Total Open, taking place at Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex. In the first match Siegemund edged Rybakina 7-6(7), 7-6(5) in 2 hours and 29 minutes. The German had lost both of her previous encounters with Rybakina in 2019, but this time managed to hold off comeback attempts from her opponent in each set. Meanwhile, World No.44 Pegula's defeat of World No.35 Wang may have been an upset on paper, but reflected the form of each this season. The American, fresh off her maiden Grand Slam quarterfinal at the Australian Open, needed just 1 hour and 15 minutes to advance, 6-2, 6-1. Wang, by contrast, fell to 2-6 in 2021. Siegemund will meet no. 8 seed Victoria Azarenka in the quarter-finals. (QNA)