and, you know, my dad cooked me breakfast this morning really early. and yeah, i mean, tuesday night we had a bunch of my friends over for dinner. and so it s been a lot of funjust. and relaxing for sure, you know, not having to be in host housing or in a hotel or whatever, have a real true home feel to it. after helping great britain qualify for the finals of the billiejean king cup and then beating angelique kerber easily, emma raducanu has again showed she s getting back to her best. she s into the quaterfinals of the stuttgart open, beating czech player linda noskova in straight sets in less than 90 minutes. raducanu won 6 0, 7 5 to book her place in the final eight. and she ll face the world number one iga swiatek next. the polish star and defending champion reached the quaterfinals after beating elise mertens 6 3, 6 4. swiatek, who s on a 9 match unbeaten run, has played raducanu twice and won both matches. meanwhile, in barcelona, stefanos tsitsipas remains on course to reach th
position for the sprint race at the chinese grand prix in a hectic wet session. the mclaren driver had his fastest lap time deleted and then reinstated in the final minutes of the session as he beat hamilton by 1.261 seconds. hamilton s mercedes headed fernando alonso s aston martin as max verstappen managed only fourth. round two of the chevron championship women s golf s first major of the season is under way with world number one nelly korda among the early starters in texas. it s been an eventful start for the american. after a double bogey on the first, two birdies have seen her back to a under. england s georgia hall, meanwhile, has had an equally up and down round. three birdies and three bogeys mean she remains 2 under. to tennis where world number one iga swiatek will take on britain s emma raducanu injust over an hourfor a place in the semi finals of the stuttgart open. swiatek and raducanu will be on court after the conclusion of marketa vondrousova and aryna sabalenka.
DOHA: Iga Swiatek, the world No. 1 and defending champion of the Qatar TotalEnergies Open, expressed her happiness at reaching the tournament's semifinals and continuing her.
DOHA: World number one Iga Swiatek advanced to the final of the Qatar TotalEnergies Open on Friday after her opponent, Karolina Pliskova, withdrew from their semi-final match due.