Tauson recovers her best form to reach quarter-finals of the WTA 1000 tournament in Dubai

[p]As against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kenin-sofia/IJAxNUl3/"]Sofia Kenin[/a] on Monday and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/stearns-peyton/YsJXLo1O/"]Peyton Stearns[/a] on Tuesday, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/tauson-clara/2PPTHPya/"]Tauson[/a] was not necessarily exuberant but very focused and strong in serving.[/p][p]On Wednesday, she did not deliver the same large number of aces as in the previous matches, but on the other hand, Tauson won a very large portion of her first serves against a slightly confused [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/linette-magda/vXvzyRlq/"]Linette[/a] at times.[/p][p]The 34-year-old Pole is ranked 50th in the world and on Tuesday surprisingly knocked out the eighth-seeded Russian [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/alexandrova-ekaterina/dzbgeEFF/"]Ekaterina Aleksandrova[/a] in Dubai, but against Tauson, she never settled into her stride.[/p][p]In the first set, Linette was not really close to breaking the 11-year-old younger Dane, and when Tauson took advantage of her break point to make it 5-4, the set was decided.[/p][p]Tauson opened the second set with another service breakthrough and steered safely towards victory when she also broke to make it 4-1.[/p][p]Linette bounced back and created some excitement with her first break of the match to make it 4-2, but Tauson then stepped up a gear and took control of the match again with heavy returns and serving home the tie in comfortable fashion.[/p][p]Tauson will face American opposition in her quarterfinal. It will be either 18-year-old Iva Jovic or fourth seed [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/pegula-jessica/KdojxrAR/"]Jessica Pegula[/a].[/p]