Elina Svitolina defeated Markéta Vondroušová 0–6, 6–2, 7–5 in the first round of the Doha WTA Masters 1000 on hard court. Despite entering as the underdog at 2.13 odds against Vondroušová's 1.77 favourite status, Svitolina produced a remarkable comeback after losing the opening set without a game. The Ukrainian player regrouped to level the match decisively in the second set before claiming a tense decider in the third to advance. This reversal marks an important recovery for Svitolina, who bounced back from a difficult opening stanza to demonstrate resilience and court awareness against a seeded opponent in the desert.