The weather in Doha this year is indeed a bit cold, and the game has only entered the third match day, and six of the nine top ten players have been eliminated, so that some fans and netizens bluntly said that the environment in Doha this year is very strange and abnormal.
When fourth seed Paulini was swept away by Ostapenko 6-2, the focus is not on the eventual outcome of the tournament, but on which of the next big seeds will follow in the footsteps of Sabalenka and Gauff and become the next tragic figure.
As a result, world No. 2 Swiatek was highlighted, and her match against Czech girl Noskova received unprecedented attention.
The reason why everyone is suddenly so interested in Swiatek is because Noskova is like a chicken blood, making the Polish girl very passive on the court, so what's so strange if the world No. 2 is upset again!
How terrifying was Noskova's play, which would make fans and netizens think that Swiatek could be eliminated from the tournament?
From the very beginning of the first set, Noskova fully showed that most Czech women are good at countering violence with violence, and are more ferocious than their opponents, sending 4 aces in a row, such a famous scene was common in Queen Williams before, and it seems that other female tennis girls can really do it.
Suddenly, she was confronted with such a difficult lord as Noskova, and even if Swiatek gave everything she had, she behaved quite tenaciously and tried to control the initiative of the game in her own hands, but there was nothing she could do.
How good did the Czech girl play in the first set tie-break? Only one point was given to the mighty Swiatek.
When Noskova took the lead in listening to the cards and forced Swiatek to a situation where there was no way out, fans and netizens in the live broadcast room immediately bluntly said, is the scene of last year's Australian Open going to be repeated?
At the 2024 Australian Open, when the 19-year-old Noskova was seen meeting Swiatek in the third round, it was assumed that the young Czech girl would be 100% taught a good lesson by one of the favourites, the Polish girl.
As a result, after Swiatek won the first set, instead of letting Noskova, who was inferior in fame and strength, collapse, she sounded the clarion call to fight back, and finally reversed Swiatek in two consecutive sets, breaking the biggest upset of the Australian Open.
Now that the two met in the quarterfinals in Doha, Noskova is even better than at the 2024 Australian Open, which naturally makes people feel that Swiatek is in big trouble again.
Just when everyone wanted to see the drama of the big-seeded players being upset continued to be staged in Doha, and they were worried that the top ten players would be beaten as "cauliflower", this time Noskova did not create a miracle after all, although her state was still very brave, but unfortunately the state of chicken blood was not maintained to the end.
After recovering and catching her breath, Swiatek won two sets in a row 6-4 to reverse Noskova and make it four wins in a row against the Czech girl.
Although Noskova was unsuccessful in attacking Swiatek, many still think that she was still defeated. Because many young players like the now 20-year-old Noskova almost inevitably get swept when they play against Polish girls.
But Noskova seems to be the one who was deliberately sent by God to send a Polish girl from Vank, and every time the two fight, they can fight with this member of the women's tennis triumvirate, and her morale and spirit are not at all like a newcomer who has just debuted. Even the last three encounters have all reached the deciding set, so Noskova is remembered by many fans and netizens.
Although Noskova lost the match against Swiatek, she was still frantically praised by the outside world for her really good play, almost allowing Swiatek to disappear from the draw after the footsteps of the two sisters, Sabalenka and Gauff.
For example, in the case of aces, the Czech girl hit 16, while the Polish girl only had four, which is four times as many; In terms of first-serve scoring percentage, she also leads Swiatek with 71% of the 65%; The 38 winning points are also one more than the Polish girl; In terms of total points scored by the two, Noskova also leads Swiatek's 98 with 101.
Just imagine, in the face of Noskova who played like this, you don't have to think about it to know how much pressure Swiatek was under at that time. If it weren't for the fact that the Polish girl was used to seeing big scenes, her deeds were more profound, and she changed to other opponents, it is estimated that this quarter-final seat would have been won by Noskova without any suspense.
Noskova was still too young, and when her form fluctuated, the more experienced Swiatek seized the opportunity and staged a big comeback, but the Polish won quite hard.
After the game, someone said that fortunately, Swiatek survived at the critical moment and defeated Noskova, if she was also eliminated by an upset, how could the big-seeded players be embarrassed!
The narrow victory over Noskova also taught Swiatek a lesson against Rybakina, stepping on the gas pedal early from the start of the match to defeat the Kazakh beauty 6-2, 7-5 to achieve her 100th career victory in the 1000 tournament and reach the semi-finals of the tournament for the 18th time.(Source: Tennis House Author: Starry Sky of Moon River)