Aryna Sabalenka won her sixth career title on Saturday when she swept past former two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova 6-3, 6-3 in the Qatar Open final and dedicated victory to her father who died last year. The Belarusian ninth seed's win over the eighth-seeded Czech, who was Qatar champion in 2018, will see her rise to 11 in the world rankings on Monday.

The 21-year-old said the memory of her father Sergey, who died in November, was very much in her mind on Saturday. "It was a long journey here and I put everything on tennis," Sabalenka told www.wtatennis.com as she described the influence of her father. "I was actually only playing tennis and focusing on tennis and nothing else. And I think I gave everything for tennis.