Dubai Open: Vondrousova reaches last 16; faces Samsonova next

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