Dubai Open: Pegula races past Samsonova to reach last 16

American Jessica Pegula, the No 5 seed, moved into the last 16 of the Dubai Open by winning against Russian Liudmila Samsonova 6-0, 6-4 at The Aviation Club Tennis Centre.

Pegula, ranked No 5, will face Linda Noskova next.

In the previous round of the Dubai tournament, Samsonova, ranked No 25, beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (6-2, 6-2).

Dubai WTA 1000, other second-round results (The Aviation Club Tennis Centre, hard, USD 3.664.963, most recent results first):

• Marketa Vondrousova vs. Mirra Andreeva
• Qinwen Zheng vs. Peyton Stearns
• Belinda Bencic vs. Emma Navarro
• Sorana Cirstea vs. Alycia Parks
• Clara Tauson vs. Elina Svitolina
• Emma Raducanu vs. Karolina Muchova
• Coco Gauff vs. McCartney Kessler
• Aryna Sabalenka vs. Veronika Kudermetova
• Anastasia Potapova vs. Dayana Yastremska: tuesday
• Victoria Azarenka vs. Iga Swiatek: tuesday
• Sofia Kenin vs. Marta Kostyuk: tuesday
• Linda Noskova beat Diana Shnaider (11): 7-6 (8), 4-6, 6-3
• Jasmine Paolini (4) beat Eva Lys (Q): 6-2, 7-5
• Paula Badosa (9) beat Elise Mertens: 6-2, 6-1
• Elena Rybakina (6) beat Moyuka Uchijima (Q): 6-3, 6-2