Daria Kasatkina achieved a double bagel victory, winning 6-0 6-0 against Polina Kudermetova in merely 42 minutes at the WTA 1000 event in Doha, marking it as one of the fastest matches in WTA history! A month after her defeat to the same rival in Brisbane, Kasatkina achieved victory with an impressive performance, marking her second career win by the score of 6-0, 6-0, having previously done so against British player Lily Miyazaki at Wimbledon last summer. She became the first player since Donna Vekic in 2016 to win a main draw match at the Qatar Open by a 6-0, 6-0 margin. In terms of the shortest matches, the quickest women’s tennis match in the Open Era was the 1988 French Open final between Steffi Graf and Natasha Zvereva, which lasted only 34 minutes. Last year, at the French Open, Iga Swiatek rapidly advanced to the quarter-finals by defeating Anastasia Potapova in just 40 minutes with a score of 6-0. Suzanne Lenglen holds the ‘official’ all-time record, having beaten Molla Mallory in 23 minutes in the 1922 Wimbledon final. What can we expect next on Sky Sports Tennis? The Qatar TotalEnergies Open (WTA 1000) is scheduled to take place from February 9 to February 15. Delray Beach Open (ATP 250) – February 3-16, 2008. IEB+ Argentina Open (ATP 250) – February 10-21. The Open 216 Provence is scheduled to take place from February 23 to February 26, with ATP ranking of 26. Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships (WTA 22) – February 2011, from the 13th to the 20th. Qatar ExxonMobil Open (ATP 22025) – Scheduled for 250-22 February.
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