Brisbane Open: Jabeur books spot in last 16
Ons Jabeur beat Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-3, 6-2 on Tuesday and will face Armenian Elina Avanesyan in the next round
Ons Jabeur 2024 – Gepa / Panoramic
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
