Gauff puts an end to the rising star Ella…and she reaches the semi-finals of “Dubai Tennis”

The fourth seed in the world, American Coco Gauff, put an end to the adventure of rising Filipino star Alexandra Ella in the “Dubai Tennis Championship” for professional women’s players, after the American won in two unanswered sets (6-0, 6-2) today, Thursday, for the quarter-finals, in the tournament currently being held in its 26th edition at the “Dubai Duty Free” courts in the Al Garhoud area in Dubai, which is classified in the 1000 points category, and the curtain will come down the day after tomorrow. Saturday, with a total prize pool of $4.08 million.

The quarter-finals also witnessed the farewell of Russian champion Mira Andreeva, ranked seventh in the world, with her loss to American Amanda Anisimova, ranked sixth in the world, by two sets to one set (6-2, 5-7, 6-7) in a match that lasted two hours and 58 minutes, before her compatriot Jessica Pegula, ranked fifth in the world, achieved victory over last year’s “Dubai Tennis” runner-up, Danish Clara Tausen, ranked 15th in the world. The world, by defeating them two sets to one (6-3, 2-6, 6-4) in an hour and 55 minutes.
The curtain fell on the quarter-finals, with a safe passage for the 2017 and 2018 Dubai Tennis champion, the Ukrainian Elina Svitolina, ranked ninth in the world, by defeating the Ukrainian Antonia Rogic, ranked 67th in the world, by two sets to one set (3-6, 6-2, 6-3) in a match that lasted two hours and two minutes.

Jessica Pegula set up a match at five o’clock tomorrow afternoon with her compatriot Amanda in the first semi-final match, and will be followed at seven o’clock by American Gauff’s match with Ukrainian Svitolina.

Semi-final matches
Time: 17:00 Jessica Pegula x Amand Anisimova
Time: 19:00 Coco Gauff x Elina Svitolina