On February 14, local time, the 2025 WTA Doha station will start the competition for the women's singles semifinals. Ostapenko swept past three-time defending champion and No. 2 seed Swiatek 6-3, 6-1; Anisimova beat Aleksandranova 6-3, 6-3.

Ostapenko

Ostapenko has won all four of his previous meetings with Swiatek. In this match, Ostapenko took the lead in the first set to break serve, and after leading 4-3, he once won six games in a row, laying the foundation for the victory of the whole match. Ostapenko scored 24 winning points to Swiatek's seven, and Ostapenko also scored two fewer unforced errors than his opponent to win in just 70 minutes, ending a 15-match winning streak in the women's singles tournament against the latter in his career.

Ostapenko, who won in straight sets, reached the final without dropping a set, making her first return to the WTA Women's Singles final in Doha (losing to Navarro in the 2016 final) and the Women's Singles final at the WTA1000 level in seven years (losing to Stephens in the 2018 WTA Miami final). Speaking after the match, she said: "I'm very confident I can beat her [Swiatek], we played a lot of games and I know how to deal with her. I'm very happy with the way I've managed my emotions this week and I'm excited to be in the final. ”

Anisimova

Ostapenko's opponent in the final was Anisimova, with the American facing world No. 1 Alexanova across the net in the semi-finals. In the first set, Anisimova broke twice in the opening game to take the next set 6-3; After convincing seven break points in the second set, she took control of the pace of the match and finally won the next set 6-3, ending her opponent's recent eight-game winning streak and reaching the final of the WTA tournament at WTA1000 level after losing to Pegula in the final of last year's WTA in Toronto.

With her excellent performance in this tournament, Anisimova and Ostapenko have risen to No.25 and No.26 respectively. The two sides have previously met once in 2022, when Ostapenko won in three sets. The final between the two will be played tonight at 23:00 Beijing time, and it will be interesting to see who will lift the championship trophy of the first WTA1000 tournament of the season!

Wu Fangxian and Jiang Xinyu

In the women's doubles field, the "Straits Pair" Jiang Xinyu/Wu Fangxian defeated Maya/Sigmund 6-2/6-3 in the semi-finals, reaching the women's doubles final of the WTA1000 level for the first time in their careers, and the two reached the WTA Tour final for the fourth time (2024 WTA 500 Washington runner-up, 2025 WTA 250 Auckland champion, 2025 WTA 250 Hobart champion), with a 12-1 record this season and the instant championship ranking ranked No.4.

They will face third seeds and Olympic gold medallists Errani/Paulini, who saved three match points in the semi-finals to defeat Milla Andreeva/Schneider 4-6, 7-6(2), 11-9. The Women's Doubles final will be played at 20:30 Beijing time tonight.

(Text, editor: Dato, photo: Visual China)