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Sawangkaew sends Snigur packing at 28th Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge
Gulf Today
|December 02, 2025
Former champion Daria Snigur became the first major casualty as the 28th Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge got under way at the Habtoor Grand Resort, on Monday.
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The 23-year-old from Ukraine - champion here in 2021 and runner-up to Ana Bogdan in 2019 - fell to a spirited fightback from Thailand's Mananchaya Sawangkaew to go down 1-6, 6-4, 6-4 in two hours and three minutes.
The history of the oldest tennis tournament for women in the Middle East is such that no player has either successfully defended their singles title or won here in Dubai on at least two occasions. But, going into her match on court number one Snigur must have never had this thought crossing her mind as she took the opening set 6-1.
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