World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka suffered a shocking early exit at the Qatar TotalEnergies Open 2025, falling in her opening match to World No. 26 Ekaterina Alexandrova in a hard-fought three-set battle.

Moments ago, World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka got knocked out of the first round of the Qatar Open (called the Qatar TotalEnergies Open 2025 or Doha Open). Ekaterina Alexandrova defeated Sabalenka in a hard-fought,

The Belarusian was thwarted by Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7-5). Read more at straitstimes.com.

Aryna Sabalenka suffered a shock loss in her first post-Australian Open match as the Belarusian is out of the WTA 1000 tournament in Doha. After a first-round bye, the top seed met Ekaterina Alexandrova in her opener at the Qatar Open.

World No 1 Aryna Sabalenka stunned by Ekaterina Alexandrova in second round of WTA 1000 event in Qatar; Coco Gauff earlier knocked out as world No 3 made 39 unforced errors in straight-sets defeat to Marta Kostyuk;