Anett Kontaveit lost to world number 10 Petra Kvitova at the WTA tournament in Doha, Qatar, in three sets, 6:3, 3:6, 6:2. In the first set, the Estonian was broken immediately, soon being 2:0 down. With another broken serve, she was soon behind 5:1 to the Czech. Two games later, things were 5:3 after it was Kontaveit's turn to break, only for Kvitova to return the favor, taking the set 6:3. In set two, Kontaveit started of strongly, going on to break her opponent's serve twice and, in a mirror image of the opening set, get to 5:2, have her service broken, and then do same to win the set with the same scoreline as she had lost the first.