Qatar Open: Pliskova’s winning run continues with comeback win over Noskova

Karolina Pliskova moved into the quarter-finals of the Qatar Open by winning against Linda Noskova 3-6, 7-5, 6-1 at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex in Doha.

Pliskova has now won seven consecutive matches across two different continents, having taken the title in Romania before flying to Doha and winning her first-round match against Kalinskaya less than 24 hours later.

Pliskova, ranked No 59, will face Japanese Naomi Osaka next.

Ahead of her victory, Karolina Pliskova edged out Russian wildcard Anna Kalinskaya (2-6, 7-6 (3), 6-4) and Russian Anastasia Potapova (6-1, 5-7, 6-4).

Noskova, ranked No 28, defeated American qualifier Bernarda Pera (6-3, 7-6 (8)) and edged out Greek Maria Sakkari, the No 7 seed (3-6, 7-6 (2), 7-5) in the previous rounds of the Qatar tournament.

Doha WTA 1000, other last-16 results (Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex, hard, USD 3.211.715, most recent results first):

• Victoria Azarenka vs. Jelena Ostapenko
• Iga Swiatek vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
• Emma Navarro vs. Elena Rybakina: wednesday
• Lesia Tsurenko vs. Naomi Osaka
• Leylah Fernandez beat Qinwen Zheng (5): 7-5, 6-3
• Danielle Collins (Q) beat Katerina Siniakova: 6-4, 6-3
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova beat Marketa Vondrousova (6): 7-5, 6-3