While Elena Rybakina and Simona Halep were making their way to the final of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, our photographer Jimmie48 was warming up for the start of the Qatar Total Open, where the first round of qualifying was taking place on an action-packed Friday.
We have photos of Tereza Martincova‘s upset of Kristyna Pliskova, Camila Giorgi‘s three-set win over Barbara Haas, Laura Siegemund’s double bagel of Mubaraka Al-Naimi, Bernarda Pera‘s retirement victory over Daria Lopatetska, and Liudmila Samsonova‘s straight-set triumph over Anna Blinkova.