Sabalenka wins the third consecutive title, wins Abu Dhabi open tennis tournament. Belarus’ fourth seed Aryana Sabalenka defeated Veronika Kudermetova 6-2 6-2 in the Abu Dhabi Open Tennis Final here on Wednesday to clinch her third consecutive Tour title. He also won the 15th match in a row.
Sabalenka won two indoor tournaments at the end of last season in Ostrava and Lynge. She lost in the fourth round of the French Open in October.
With this title, Sabalenka will move up three places to seventh in the rankings. The WTA held a hastily contested tournament in Abu Dhabi to give players match time following the Australian Open’s decision in February due to the coronavirus.
Sabalenka and Kudermetova will now leave for Australia, where they will be in Quarantine, which will also provide limited practice opportunities before the Australian Open and will host warm-up tournaments for the players.
During this tournament, spectators were not allowed in the arena. The tournament faded slightly, but fans remained connected to the tournament through TV and live streaming.
Ankita lost in the last round of the Australian Open qualifier Melbourne, Pret: Ankita Raina’s dream of playing in the singles main draw of Grand Slam was once again unfulfilled when she lost to Serbia’s Olga Danilovic in the last round of the Australian Open qualifying tournament. In the ongoing women’s singles qualifier in Dubai,
Ankita was beaten 6–2, 3–6, 6–1 by the Serbian player in the third and final round in two hours. This was Ankita’s sixth attempt to make it to the main round of the Grand Slam.
Now in the first Grand Slam of the season, India’s hopes in the singles category rest only on Sumit Nagal. He has got a wild card in men’s singles. Ramkumar Ramanathan lost in the first round of the men’s singles qualifier, while Prajnesh Gunneswaran suffered a defeat in the second round.