ALERT : Swiatek wins the Qatar Open

Pole Iga Swiatek, the top seed, won the Qatar Open trophy by defeating American Jessica Pegula, the second seed, 6-3, 6-0 at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex in Doha on Saturday evening.

Earlier in the tournament, Swiatek, ranked No 1, beat American Danielle Collins (6-0, 6-1), Swiss Belinda Bencic, the No 7 seed (W/O) and Russian Veronika Kudermetova, the No 8 seed (6-0, 6-1).

Pegula, ranked No 4, defeated Latvian Jelena Ostapenko (6-2, 2-6, 7-5), Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia (6-3, 6-2) and Greek Maria Sakkari, the No 5 seed (6-2, 4-6, 6-1) in the previous rounds of the Doha Open.