Brisbane Open: Potapova books spot in last 16
Anastasia Potapova defeated Dayana Yastremska 7-5, 6-4 on Wednesday and will play Australian wildcard Kimberly Birrell next
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Russian Anastasia Potapova reached the last 16 of the Brisbane Open by winning against Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska, the No 16 seed, 7-5, 6-4 at the Queensland Tennis Centre on Wednesday.
Potapova, ranked No 35, will face Australian wildcard Kimberly Birrell next.
The Russian benefited from the abandonment of Romanian qualifier Ana Bogdan (2-6, 6-4, 2-0) 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
- Peyton Stearns vs. Daria Kasatkina
- Kimberly Birrell beat Emma Navarro (2): 7-5, 7-5
- Polina Kudermetova (Q) beat Liudmila Samsonova (13): 6-7 (7), 6-3, 6-2
- Anhelina Kalinina beat Diana Shnaider (5): 6-3, 4-6, 6-1
- Ons Jabeur beat Ekaterina Alexandrova (14): 6-3, 6-2
- 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
