Aryna Sabalenka has struggled to find her form since the Australian Open final. The World No.1 was flying high before the turn of the year after winning four titles in less than six months, including the US Open.

In Doha, Sabalenka had a first-round bye as the top seed and is due to meet Ekaterina Alexandrova in the second round, who beat Emma Raducanu on Sunday. After the Qatar Open, the 26-year-old is also slated to take part in next week's tournament in Dubai.

Aryna Sabalenka has blamed a lack of hunger and focus on court for her last-16 exit in Dubai at the hands of world number 38 Clara Tauson on Wednesday. The world number one has won just one of the three matches she contested during this Middle East swing,

Aryna Sabalena has admitted that she doesn’t feel ‘hungry’ during matches at the moment, after suffering a shocking defeat to world No 38 Clara Tauson at the WTA 1000 in Dubai. The world No 1 looked far more like her usual self during her opening match against Veronika Kudermetova,