Semifinal pairs are set at the Qatar Total Open: Aryna Sabalenka vs. Svetlana Kuznetsova and Petra Kvitova vs. Ashleigh Barty. Our photographer Jimmie48 attended all quarterfinal matches.
The first to advance was ninth-seeded Aryna Sabalenka, coming from a set and a break down in the third set to beat Zheng Saisai on a very windy day in Doha, 3-6 7-6(2) 6-3. Unseeded Svetlana Kuznetsova defeated fourth seed Belinda Bencic 6-4 6-4 and scored 19th career win in Doha, the most match wins in tournament history.
Eighth seed Petra Kvitova squeezed past Ons Jabeur 7-6(2) 7-6(4), the Tunisian who was competing on a new career-high ranking of No.