Dubai Open: Vondrousova reaches last 16; faces Samsonova next
Marketa Vondrousova beat Peyton Stearns 6-1, 5-7, 6-2 on Tuesday and will play No 12 seed Liudmila Samsonova in the next round
Marketa Vondrousova, Linz 2023 – © Imago / Panoramic
No 7 seed Marketa Vondrousova moved into the last 16 of the Dubai Open by winning against American Peyton Stearns 6-1, 5-7, 6-2 at The Aviation Club Tennis Centre on Tuesday.
This was only the second win of the season for the former Wimbleodn runner-up. Vondrousova, ranked No 8, will play No 12 seed Liudmila Samsonova next.
Stearns, ranked No 65, beat Russian Mirra Andreeva (6-2, 2-6, 6-1) 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
- Veronika Kudermetova vs. Sorana Cirstea
- Anna Kalinskaya vs. Cristina Bucsa
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Liudmila Samsonova
- Donna Vekic vs. Aryna Sabalenka: tuesday
- Magdalena Frech (Q) beat Petra Martic: 6-4, 1-6, 6-2
- Jasmine Paolini beat Leylah Fernandez: 6-3, 6-4
- Maria Sakkari (8) beat Emma Navarro: 6-2, 6-4
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