Qatar Open: Azarenka into last 16 with victory over Wang

Belarusian Victoria Azarenka won against Chinese Xinyu Wang 7-6 (2), 6-2 to move into the last 16 of the Qatar Open at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex in Doha.

Azarenka, ranked No 31, will face the winner of the match between Ukrainian Anhelina Kalinina and Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, the No 8 seed, next.

The 34-year-old Belarusian defeated Pole qualifier Magdalena Frech (6-3, 3-6, 6-3) ahead of her victory.

In the previous round of the Qatar tournament, Wang, ranked No 41, won against Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia, the No 10 seed (6-1, 6-3).

Doha WTA 1000, other second-round results (Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex, hard, USD 3.211.715, most recent results first):

• Lin Zhu vs. Elena Rybakina
• Ons Jabeur vs. Lesia Tsurenko
• Petra Martic vs. Naomi Osaka
• Katerina Siniakova vs. Coco Gauff
• Anhelina Kalinina vs. Jelena Ostapenko
• Anastasia Potapova vs. Karolina Pliskova: tuesday
• Erika Andreeva vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova: tuesday
• Danielle Collins vs. Marie Bouzkova: tuesday
• Linda Noskova vs. Maria Sakkari: tuesday
• Emma Navarro (16) beat Elise Mertens: 6-1, 6-3
• Leylah Fernandez beat Paula Badosa (WC): 0-6, 6-2, 6-3
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova beat Marta Kostyuk: 2-1 ret.
• Qinwen Zheng (5) beat Magda Linette: 6-2, 2-6, 6-3
• Marketa Vondrousova (6) beat Greet Minnen (Q): 6-2, 0-6, 6-4
• Iga Swiatek (1) beat Sorana Cirstea: 6-1, 6-1