Dubai Open: Sakkari snaps three-match losing streak to reach last 16

Greek Maria Sakkari, the No 8 seed, beat American Emma Navarro 6-2, 6-4 to advance to the last 16 of the Dubai Open at The Aviation Club Tennis Centre on Tuesday.

This was only the second win of the 2024 season for the Sakkari, who lost in the second round of the Australian Open and then her opening round matches in Abu Dhabi and Doha.

Sakkari, ranked No 11, will play the winner of the match between Canadian Leylah Fernandez and Italian Jasmine Paolini next.

Navarro, ranked No 23, edged out Katerina Siniakova (4-6, 7-5, 6-4) in the previous round of the Dubai tournament.

Dubai WTA 1000, other second-round matches (The Aviation Club Tennis Centre, hard, USD 3,211,715):

• Coco Gauff vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
• Iga Swiatek vs. Sloane Stephens
• Karolina Pliskova vs. Ashlyn Krueger
• Nao Hibino vs. Qinwen Zheng
• Victoria Azarenka vs. Elena Rybakina
• Lucia Bronzetti vs. Anastasia Potapova
• Tatjana Maria vs. Elina Svitolina
• Jelena Ostapenko vs. Lulu Sun
• Donna Vekic vs. Aryna Sabalenka
• Veronika Kudermetova vs. Sorana Cirstea
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Liudmila Samsonova
• Anna Kalinskaya vs. Cristina Bucsa
• Magdalena Frech vs. Petra Martic
• Marketa Vondrousova vs. Peyton Stearns
• Leylah Fernandez vs. Jasmine Paolini