Dubai Duty Free Championships: Ostapenko sets up clash with Sabalenka in last 16
Jelena Ostapenko defeated Linda Fruhvirtova 6-2, 6-0 on Tuesday. She’ll play the winner of the match between American lucky loser Lauren Davis and Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, the second seed, in the next round
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Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, the No 13 seed, beat Czech wildcard Linda Fruhvirtova 6-2, 6-0 to advance to the last 16 of the Dubai Duty Free Championships at The Aviation Club Tennis Centre on Tuesday.
Ostapenko, ranked No 20, will face Australian Open champion Aryna Sabalenka, the second seed, next. Sabalenka beat Lauren Davis 6-0, 6-1.
The Latvian won against Ukrainian Katarina Zavatska (6-1, 6-4) in the previous round of the Dubai Open.
In the previous round of the Dubai Open, Fruhvirtova, ranked No 52, defeated American Danielle Collins (6-3, 6-4).
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
- Belinda Bencic vs. Marta Kostyuk: tuesday
- Shelby Rogers vs. Ana Bogdan: tuesday
- Aryna Sabalenka (2) beat Lauren Davis 6-0. 6-1
- 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)
- 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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