Dubai Duty Free Championships: Muchova through to last 16
Karolina Muchova defeated Sorana Cirstea 6-4, 7-6 (4) on Tuesday and will face the winner of the match between Swiss Belinda Bencic, the No 8 seed, and Ukrainian wildcard Marta Kostyuk in the next round
Czech Karolina Muchova in action during the WTA Agel Open 2022 women’s tennis tournament match against Catherine McNally of USA, on October 6, 2022, in Ostrava, Czech Republic (CTB Photobank/Panoramic)
Czech Karolina Muchova reached the last 16 of the Dubai Duty Free Championships by winning against Romanian Sorana Cirstea 6-4, 7-6 (4) at The Aviation Club Tennis Centre on Tuesday.
Muchova, ranked No 112, will play the winner of the match between Swiss Belinda Bencic, the No 8 seed, and Ukrainian wildcard Marta Kostyuk next.
Ahead of her victory, the Czech defeated American Bernarda Pera (6-1, 6-4).
Cirstea, ranked No 70, edged out Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia, the No 11 seed (4-6, 7-6 (7), 7-5) 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
- Victoria Azarenka (15) beat Amanda Anisimova: 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5)
- 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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