Iga ¦wiątek confidently defeated Coco Gauff 6:4, 6:2 and advanced to the final of the WTA tournament in Dubai. In it, she will face Barbora Krejcikova, who won with Jessica Pegula 6-1, 5-7 6-0. Thus, the Polish woman will have a chance to revenge for the defeat during the autumn WTA tournament in Ostrava.
Barbora Krejcikova will play with Iga Świątek in the final in Dubai. Who is Czech? Which is ranked?
Barbora Krejcikova was born on December 18, 1995 in Brno and is currently ranked 30th in the WTA world ranking. The highest in history was ranked 2nd (February 28, 2022). In total, she appeared in eight WTA Tour finals, of which she won five. The last time she won was during the indoor tournament in Ostrava, which took place in October 2022. Then in the final she defeated … Iga Świątek (5:7, 7:6, 6:3). So the Polish woman will have the opportunity to rematch. Last year Krejcikova played in two finals – in Sydney and in Tallinn.
The 27-year-old in 2021, a year between the victories of Iga Świątek, triumphed in the French Open, defeating Anastasija Pawlyuchenkova 6:1, 2:6, 6:4 in the final. This is her career best performance at a Grand Slam tournament. At the Australian Open, her best result is the quarter-final in 2022, at Wimbledon – the 1/16 final (2021), and at the US Open also the quarter-final reached in 2021.
In addition to the clash in Ostrava, the two tennis players faced each other twice in 2021. At that time, during the tournaments in Miami and Rome, Iga Świątek was on top. The Polish woman won in the United States 6:4, 6:2, and in Italy 3:6, 7:6, 7:5.
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The Czech also plays in doubles matches. Currently, he is paired with Katerina Siniakova and ranks 3rd in the doubles ranking. In 2018, she was even the leader of the world lists in doubles. In total, Krejcikova appeared in 25 doubles finals – of which she won 15.
The beginning of the season, until the tournament in Dubai, was not successful for the Czech woman. She finished the competition in the Australian Open in the 1/8 finals, similarly in Abu Dhabi. She finished the last tournament in Doha after the first round losing to Veronika Kudermietowa.
The final match between Iga Świątek and Barbora Krejcikova will start on February 25, not earlier than at 16:00 Polish time. Canal+ Sport will broadcast the match.