Swiss player Belinda Bencic beat an incredible four top 10 opponents during the WTA 2019 Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, saving six match points in overcoming Aryna Sabalenka and then defeating Simona Halep and Elina Svitolina before rounding it off with victory over Kvitova.
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Belinda Bencic
Swiss winner Belinda Bencic plans parachute jump to celebrate Dubai title
The 21-year-old Bencic last won a title in Toronto 2015 before the former world number seven’s career was blighted by a series of back and wrist injuries
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Hat-trick chasing Svitolina joins Halep, Kvitova in Dubai quarters
Crowd favourite and third seed Halep coped with gusty conditions at the Aviation Club as she beat Lesia Tsurenko 6-3, 7-5, breaking seven times
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World number one Osaka beaten in first match since Australian Open
Dubai-based Frenchwoman Kristina Mladenovic claimed a 6-3, 6-3 victory at the Dubai Championships
Caroline Wozniacki
Caroline Wozniacki pulls out of Dubai Championships
Caroline Wozniacki has been replaced by losing Slovenian qualifier Polona Hercog
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‘Motivated’ Federer targets ninth Wimbledon crown
Swiss 20-time Grand Slam champion returns to Dubai later this month
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In pictures: Roberto Bautista Agut wins Dubai final
Roberto Bautista Agut defeated second seeded Lucas Pouille 6-3 6-4 on Saturday to win the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships.
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Bautista Agut beats Pouille in straight sets in Dubai final
Result prevented Dubai-based Pouille from moving into the world top 10 for the first time
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In pictures: Second round of the ATP Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships
Third seed Roberto Bautista Agut will face former semi-finalist Borna Coric in the quarter-finals of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships after each won in contrasting victories on Wednesday afternoon.
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Pouille takes rapid revenge on Khachanov in Dubai
Video highlights: Russian Evgeny Donskoy, Serb seventh seed Filip Krajinovic and Tunisian wild card Malek Jaziri all advanced
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Top seed Dimitrov stunned by wildcard Jaziri in Dubai
Second seed Lucas Pouille had no trouble with qualifier Ernests Gulbis
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Nishioka beaten by Paire in Dubai as he steps up injury comeback
Third-seeded Roberto Bautista Agut joined sixth seed Philipp Kohlschreiber in the second round
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Dubai top seed Dimitrov hopes to shake bug and take his opportunity
Bulgarian lost to world number one Federer in Rotterdam
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In pictures: Elina Svitolina wins Dubai Open
Elina Svitolina joined former world number ones Justine Henin and Venus Williams as a back-to-back Dubai title winner on Saturday with a 6-4, 6-0 cruise past Russia’s Daria Kasatkina.
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Svitolina joins Henin, Venus as back-to-back Dubai winner
World number four Svitolina won her 11th career title after a 70-minute rout of Kasatkina
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Federer turns down wild card to play in Dubai Championships
Tournament director confirms that new world No 1 will attend awards ceremony in Monte Carlo instead
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Muguruza wins late Dubai duel against Britain’s Konta
Svitolina labours as former number ones book Dubai clash