In the presser, Anisimova also noted that not everything was negative about the entire situation as her not being prepared for Dubai was caused by her triumphant Doha run. Meanwhi

Amanda Anisimova claimed her first WTA 1000 title when she beat Jelena Ostapenko 6-4, 6-3 in the final of the Qatar Open. The American will break into the top 20 for the first time in her career.

Amanda Anisimova now sits in the No.4 spot with 1,135 points after triumphing in Doha over the weekend. Anisimova dropped only one set en route to the title.

Amanda Anisimova clinched the first WTA 1000 title of her career with a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Jelena Ostapenko in a rain-interrupted Qatar Open final on Saturday, a triumph achieved after a "lot of hard work and a lot of tears".

Amanda Anisimova continued her resurgence by winning the highest-level title of her career on Saturday, capturing the WTA 1000 Qatar TotalEnergies Open trophy over Jelena Ostapenko.

In the WTA Dubai, UAE Round of 64 on Monday, No. 30-ranked Victoria Azarenka faces No. 50 Anhelina Kalinina.Her most recent time out, Azarenka lost to Amanda Anisimova 3-6, 5-7 in the Round of 64

Amanda Anisimova reached her second WTA 1000 final following Toronto 2024 with a straight-sets defeat of Ekaterina Alexandrova in the Qatar TotalEnergies Open semifinals.

The American was back on court less than 48 hours after winning her first 1000-level title, but suffered a straight-set loss to countrywoman McCartney Kessler on Monday.

And she hasn't just broken into the Top 20, she's SOARED into it, rising from No. 41 to No. 18 after her WTA 1000-level triumph.

In my semifinal previews, I picked Jelena Ostapenko to lose to Iga Swiatek, and Amanda Anisimova to lose to Ekaterina Alexandrova. They wanted no time proving me wrong with easy, one-sided victories.

Amanda Anisimova clinched the first WTA 1000 title of her career with a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Jelena Ostapenko in a rain-interrupted Qatar Open final on Saturday.

Jelena Ostapenko suffered a surprise defeat to a qualifier in her opening Dubai match, two days after falling just short of winning Doha.  On Saturday, the Latvian lost her third WTA 1000 final after Amanda Anisimova claimed a 6-4 6-3 win in the Qatar Open final.