Ann Li defeated wild card Kimberly Birrell in two tiebreaks at the Singapore Tennis Open to reach her second tour-level semifinal in the past three months.

No.2 seed Elise Mertens came from a set and a break down to defeat Tatjana Maria in a Singapore Tennis Open second-round clash full of all-court brilliance.

Breaking down all the facts you need from the Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open and the rest of the 2025 Middle East Swing.

Top seed Karolina Muchova defeated Sara Sorribes Tormo for the first time in the Upper Austria Ladies Linz second round, but Elina Svitolina was upset by Anna Blinkova.

Qualifier Petra Martic notched her first Top 50 win in 11 months after defeating No. 7 seed Elina Avanesyan in the Upper Austria Ladies Linz second round, holding off a late comeback from 4-1 down in the decider from Avanesyan.

No. 4 seed and two-time runner-up Ekaterina Alexandrova defeated qualifier Aliaksandra Sasnovich in straight sets in the Upper Austria Ladies Linz second round, improving to 5-1 overall against Sasnovich.

Anna Blinkova notched her 15th career Top 30 win with a straight-sets upset of No. 2 seed Elina Svitolina in the Upper Austria Ladies Linz second round. The result was Blinkova's first win over Svitolina in three meetings.

Kimberly Birrell reached her second quarterfinal of 2025 after coming from 5-2 down in the third set to defeat Hailey Baptiste in the Singapore Tennis Open second round.

No.8 seed and Auckland champion Clara Tauson improved to 9-1 in 2025 with a straight-sets defeat of Sorana Cirstea in the Upper Austria Ladies Linz second round.

Aryna Sabalenka, Iga Swiatek, Coco Gauff and Jasmine Paolini lead the Qatar TotalEnergies Open and Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships entry lists, but Australian Open champion Madison Keys has withdrawn from Doha due to injury.

No. 3 seed Maria Sakkari cruised into the Upper Austria Ladies Linz quarterfinals with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Viktoriya Tomova on Wednesday. It is Sakkari's first quarterfinal showing since her run to the Charleston semifinals last April.

Rebecca Sramkova brought up match point against Elisabetta Cocciaretto in the Upper Austria Ladies Linz first round with a down-the-line rocket that left her in the splits -- and with a broad grin on her face.