Iga Swiatek continued her domination of the WTA tour by smashing Liudmila Samsonova 6-1 6-0 in 75 minutes to achieve the quarter-finals in Dubai.

Swiatek dropped solely a single recreation en route to a different emphatic win – ending with 18 winners to simply six unforced errors.

The Polish world No 1 will now tackle former Dubai finalist Karolina Pliskova in Thursday’s quarter-finals.

Pliskova grew to become the primary of seven former finalists in Dubai to achieve the quarter-finals with a 7-5 6-7 (6-8) 6-2 defeat of Anhelina Kalinina.

The Czech reaches the final eight of the competitors for the fifth time and first since 2020.

Swiatek gained their solely earlier assembly in opposition to Pliskova – a 6-0 6-0 demolition on the 2021 Rome ultimate.

Coco Gauff and Madison Keys may even face off in an all-American quarter-final conflict.

Gauff superior after Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina withdrew from their scheduled match as a result of a decrease again harm.

Keys booked her spot within the subsequent spherical with a 6-2 6-1 win over Victoria Azarenka with the previous US Open finalist needing simply 57 minutes to say her maiden victory over Azarenka.

Karolina Muchova snapped Belinda Bencic’s seven-match profitable streak with a 6-1 6-4 success to arrange a date with No 3 seed Jessica Pegula.

Final yr’s French Open finalist defeated Ana Bogdan 6-4 6-3.