Ostapenko lost to Jabeur last week at the Abu Dhabi Open, 7-6 (4), 7-5, which put her season's singles record at 1-4. But with four straight-set victories this week, including upsets of No. 4 seed Jasmine Paolini and No. 16 seed Liudmila Samsonova, the 2017 Roland Garros champion has found her form.

Three-times defending champion Iga Swiatek will face Latvia's Jelena Ostapenko in the Qatar Open semi-finals on Friday after the Pole overcame Elena Rybakina 6-2 7-5.

Three-time defending champion Iga Swiatek advanced to the semi-finals of the Qatar Open on Thursday with a straight-sets win over last year's runner-up Elena Rybakina. But the Pole was broken at the start of the second and struggled to catch up for a long time,

Iga Swiatek set an outstanding Qatar Open record and reached a significant WTA 1000 milestone with her win over Elena Rybakina. The defending champion earned an excellent 6-2, 7-5 victory over world No 7 Rybakina in the quarter-finals in Doha.