Dubai Duty Free Championships: Azarenka edged out Anisimova
Victoria Azarenka edged out Amanda Anisimova 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5) on Tuesday. She’ll play American Madison Keys in the next round
Victoria Azarenka, Dubai 2023 – © Imago / Panoramic
Belarusian Victoria Azarenka, the No 15 seed, edged out American Amanda Anisimova 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5) to advance to the last 16 of the Dubai Duty Free Championships at The Aviation Club Tennis Centre on Tuesday.
Azarenka, ranked No 14, will face American Madison Keys next.
In the previous round of the Dubai Open, the 33-year-old Belarusian won against Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (6-3, 7-5).
Anisimova, ranked No 35, beat Russian wildcard Vera Zvonareva (6-3, 6-2) in the previous round of the Dubai Open.
Dubai WTA 1000, other second-round results (The Aviation Club Tennis Centre, hard, USD 2.788.468, most recent results first):
- Aliaksandra Sasnovich vs. Coco Gauff
- Iga Swiatek vs. Leylah Fernandez
- Elena Rybakina vs. Marie Bouzkova
- Lauren Davis vs. Aryna Sabalenka: tuesday
- Jelena Ostapenko vs. Linda Fruhvirtova: tuesday
- Belinda Bencic vs. Marta Kostyuk: tuesday
- Shelby Rogers vs. Ana Bogdan: tuesday
- Petra Kvitova (12) beat Yulia Putintseva: 6-4, 6-4
- Jessica Pegula (3) beat Viktoriya Tomova (Q): 6-2, 5-7, 6-1
- Qinwen Zheng vs. Liudmila Samsonova
- Karolina Muchova beat Sorana Cirstea: 6-4, 7-6 (4)
- Madison Keys beat Caroline Garcia (4): 7-5, 6-4
- Karolina Pliskova beat Maria Sakkari (6): 6-1, 6-2
- Barbora Krejcikova beat Daria Kasatkina (7): 6-4, 4-6, 7-5
- Anhelina Kalinina beat Dayana Yastremska (Q): 5-7, 6-2, 6-3
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