Top seed Swiatek cruises into last 16 in Dubai with dominant win over Fernandez
Iga Swiatek won against Leylah Fernandez 6-1, 6-1 on Tuesday evening. She’ll play Russian Liudmila Samsonova, the No 14 seed, in the next round
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Pole Iga Swiatek, the top seed, moved into the last 16 of the Dubai Duty Free Championships by winning against Canadian Leylah Fernandez 6-1, 6-1 at The Aviation Club Tennis Centre on Tuesday evening.
Swiatek, ranked No 1, will play Russian Liudmila Samsonova, the No 14 seed, next.
In the previous round, Fernandez, ranked No 37, beat Austrian qualifier Julia Grabher (6-4, 6-2).
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
- Elena Rybakina vs. Marie Bouzkova: tuesday
- Aryna Sabalenka (2) beat Lauren Davis (LL): 6-0, 6-1
- Jelena Ostapenko (13) beat Linda Fruhvirtova (WC): 6-2, 6-0
- Belinda Bencic (8) beat Marta Kostyuk (WC): 6-7 (7), 7-6 (5), 6-4
- Ana Bogdan (Q) beat Shelby Rogers: 7-6 (3), 6-3
- 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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