Dubai Open: Cirstea makes last 16

Romanian Sorana Cirstea reached the last 16 of the Dubai Open by winning against Russian Veronika Kudermetova, the No 13 seed, 6-1, 6-4 at The Aviation Club Tennis Centre on Tuesday.

Cirstea, ranked No 22, will play the winner of the match between Croat Donna Vekic and Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, the second seed, next.

The 33-year-old Romanian beat American Sofia Kenin (6-3, 7-6 (2)) in the previous round of the Dubai tournament.

In the previous round of the Dubai tournament, Kudermetova, ranked No 19, defeated Ukrainian wildcard Dayana Yastremska (6-0, 1-6, 6-0).

Dubai WTA 1000, other second-round results (The Aviation Club Tennis Centre, hard, USD 3.211.715, most recent results first):

• 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
• Jelena Ostapenko vs. Lulu Sun
• Lucia Bronzetti vs. Anastasia Potapova
• Tatjana Maria vs. Elina Svitolina
• Anna Kalinskaya (Q) beat Cristina Bucsa (LL): 6-3, 6-4
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Liudmila Samsonova
• Donna Vekic vs. Aryna Sabalenka: tuesday
• Magdalena Frech (Q) beat Petra Martic: 6-4, 1-6, 6-2
• Marketa Vondrousova (7) beat Peyton Stearns: 6-1, 5-7, 6-2
• Jasmine Paolini beat Leylah Fernandez: 6-3, 6-4
• Maria Sakkari (8) beat Emma Navarro: 6-2, 6-4