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DOHA, Qatar — Jelena Ostapenko has ended Iga Swiatek's three-year reign of the Qatar Open in the semifinals in Doha and will play against American Amanda Anisimova in the final. No. 37-ranked Ostapenko won 6-3, 6-1 and improved her record against No. 2 Swiatek to 5-0. The Latvian is the only active player to have faced Swiatek at least twice and kept a winning record. The former French Open champion will play for her ninth career WTA title and first in a year against Amanda Anisimova of the U.S. Anisimova beat Yekaterina Alexandrova 6-3, 6-3. She will play for her third career title. The previous two were in 2022. She lost her only previous match against Ostapenko in 2022, also in Doha.
