On February 5, local time, the 2025 WTA500 Abu Dhabi station started the second round of the women's singles, and the Swiss star Bencic, who played with a wild card, won 12 games in a row and swept V. Kudermetova 6-0/6-0 and advanced to the quarterfinals.

 Bencic data map

In the previous nine meetings between the two sides, Bencic had a slight advantage with 5 wins and 4 losses. V. Kudermetova lost in the qualifying round, but qualified as a lucky loser, beating No. 5 seed Samsonova in the first round. In this match, Bencic was in great form, did not give away a single break point in the whole game, and broke all the opponent's service games, and finally took 64 minutes to win 12 games in a row.

Defending champion and top seed Rybakina, who had a first-round bye, defended her opening match on the same day, beating Volynets 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 in three sets to advance to the quarter-finals. No.8 seed Fernandes swept past Sun Lulu 6-0, 6-3; Abdul-Jabbar beat qualifier Hachika Sonobe 6-3, 6-3. In other matches, seeded players have been defeated:

Noskova 6-4, 6-1 Badosa[2]

Krueger 1-6, 7-5, 6-4 Kasatkina[3]

Vondrousova 6-2, 6-3 Putintseva[4]

Linette 5-7, 4-1 Pavlyuchenkova[6] Ret.

2025 WTA Abu Dhabi Women's Singles quarterfinals:

[1] Rybakina vs Abdul-Jabbar

Vondrousova vs Bencic[W]

[8] Fernandes vs Kruger

Linette vs Noskova

(Text, editor: Dato, photo: Li Jianyi)