Iga Swiatek's quest for a four-peat will have to go through Elena Rybakina. The World No.2 edged Linda Noskova in a three-set thriller to make the quarterfinals and set up a rematch of last year's final.

The second-seeded Swiatek will next play Elena Rybakina, who beat Rebecca Sramkova 7-6 (1), 6-2. Sixth-seeded Jessica Pegula also reached the quarterfinals with a 6-3, 7-5 victory over Daria Kasatkina.

Doha: Ekaterina Alexandrova ousted sixth-seed Jessica Pegula to sweep into the semi-finals of the WTA Qatar Open on Thursday. Russian Alexandrova won 4-6, 6-1, 6-1 to set up a meeting with either Ukraine’s Marta Kostyuk or American Amanda Anisimova for a place in the final.

Ekaterina Alexandrova equalled her career-best winning streak and reached her third WTA 1000 semifinal with a three-set defeat of Jessica Pegula in the Qatar TotalEnergies Open quarterfinals.

Three-time defending champion Iga Swiatek advanced to the semi-finals of the WTA 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,