Gauff dumped out of Qatar Open, Swiatek, Rybakina through
The fourth seed, who was beaten 6-4, 6-2, was followed out of the Qatar Open by sixth seed Jasmine Paolini and eighth-seeded Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova.
There were no such problems for Iga Swiatek or Elena Rybakina, though, as the top seed and newly-crowned Australian Open champion both cruised into the last 16.
American Gauff, who received a first-round bye, was also knocked out of the tournament in her opening match last year.
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