Doha, Qatar – A ranar 11 ga watan Fabrairu, gasar WTA Doha ta gaba da wasannin 14 na zurfi, inda ‘yan wasa mata na gasar suka fara kai tsaye domin samun tikitin zuwa kashi na uku. A cikin gasar, ‘yan wasa kama Coco Gauff, Marta Kostyuk, Liudmila Samsonova, Jelena Ostapenko, Jessica Pegula, da Elina Svitolina sun nuna iyal-su.
Coco Gauff ta yi kaya daga gasar Australian Open, inda ta nuna kwarewartar sa kamar yadda ta doke Marta Kostyuk a wasannin da suka yi a Doha. Duk da yawan kwarewar da Kostyuk ta nuna, Gauff tana da ‘yan uwantaccen tarihin nasara a kan madauki a filin hard court. Ta lashe 3-0 a kan Kostyuk, kuma in halin yadda Gauff ta sake fara wasa bayan gasar Melbourne, ana sa ran ta zai doke Kostyuk a kashi na uku.
Liuudmila Samsonova da Jelena Ostapenko sun yi rashin nasara acap a wasanninsu na farko. Samsonova ta doke Lulu Sun da ci 6-3, 6-3, yayin da Ostapenko ta doke Aoi Ito kuma ba ta bar ta yin manyan NASARO. Duk da haka, duka ‘yan wasa biyu suna da tarihin nasara 2-2 a kan juna, kuma wasanninsu a Doha na da saurin kama dama.
Jessica Pegula da Elina Svitolina sun fara wasanninsu na farko a gasar tare da nasarori. Pegula, wacce ta samu ‘yan uwantaccen nasarori a Adelaide, ta fadi a gasar Australian Open, kuma yanzu tana neman nasarori a Doha. Svitolina, wacce ta doke Marketa Vondrousova a wasan titanic, tana da ‘yan uwantaccen kwarewa a madadin kuma tana iya zama dadi ga Pegula.
