Brisbane Open: Jabeur books spot in last 16

Tunisian Ons Jabeur moved into the last 16 of the Brisbane Open by winning against Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova, the No 14 seed, 6-3, 6-2 at the Queensland Tennis Centre on Tuesday.

Jabeur, ranked No 42, will face Armenian Elina Avanesyan next.

The Tunisian defeated Chinese Saisai Zheng (7-6 (5), 6-4) ahead of her victory.

Brisbane WTA 500, other second-round results (Queensland Tennis Centre, hard, USD 1.520.600, most recent results first):

• Victoria Azarenka vs. Maya Joint
• Linda Noskova vs. Anca Todoni
• Yue Yuan vs. Marta Kostyuk
• Suzan Lamens vs. Magdalena Frech
• Dayana Yastremska vs. Anastasia Potapova
• Peyton Stearns vs. Daria Kasatkina
• Kimberly Birrell vs. Emma Navarro
• Liudmila Samsonova vs. Polina Kudermetova
• Diana Shnaider vs. Anhelina Kalinina
• Marie Bouzkova beat Jelena Ostapenko (7): 7-6, 6-4
• Mirra Andreeva (8) beat Anna Blinkova: 6-4, 6-4
• Aryna Sabalenka (1) beat Renata Zarazua: 6-4, 6-0
• Ashlyn Krueger beat Anna Kalinskaya (6): 6-3, 6-3
• Elina Avanesyan beat Paula Badosa (4): 6-3, 1-6, 6-2
• Yulia Putintseva (15) beat McCartney Kessler: 6-2, 7-5

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