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Timea Babos during her defeat against Anett Kontaveit. Getty
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Spain's Garbine Muguruza during her straight-sets victory over Irina-Camelia Begu of Romania during Day 2 of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships on March 8. Getty
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Irina-Camelia Begu during her defeat to Garbine Muguruza. Getty
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Garbine Muguruza celebrates winning a point during her 6-3, 7-5 victory against Irina-Camelia Begu. Getty
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Ninth seed Garbine Muguruza during her win over Irina-Camelia Begu. Getty
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France's Caroline Garcia of France during her 3-6, 6-2, 6-4 win over Angelique Kerber of Germany. Getty
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Angelique Kerber plays a shot during her defeat to Caroline Garcia. Getty
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Caroline Garcia during her comeback win against Angelique Kerber. Getty
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China's Saisai Zheng during her straight-sets defeat to Elena Rybakina of Russia. Getty
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Anett Kontaveit of Estonia celebrates after beating Hungary's Anett Kontaveit 6-2, 6-1. Getty
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Timea Babos during her defeat against Anett Kontaveit. Getty
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Spain's Garbine Muguruza during her straight-sets victory over Irina-Camelia Begu of Romania during Day 2 of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships on March 8. Getty
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Irina-Camelia Begu during her defeat to Garbine Muguruza. Getty
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Garbine Muguruza celebrates winning a point during her 6-3, 7-5 victory against Irina-Camelia Begu. Getty
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Ninth seed Garbine Muguruza during her win over Irina-Camelia Begu. Getty
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France's Caroline Garcia of France during her 3-6, 6-2, 6-4 win over Angelique Kerber of Germany. Getty
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Angelique Kerber plays a shot during her defeat to Caroline Garcia. Getty
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Caroline Garcia during her comeback win against Angelique Kerber. Getty
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China's Saisai Zheng during her straight-sets defeat to Elena Rybakina of Russia. Getty
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Anett Kontaveit of Estonia celebrates after beating Hungary's Anett Kontaveit 6-2, 6-1. Getty
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Timea Babos during her defeat against Anett Kontaveit. Getty
Garbine Muguruza calls on 'fighting spirit' to reach second round at Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships
Spaniard beats Begu just 48 hours after heavy defeat in Qatar Open final
Jon Turner
08 March, 2021
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