China Open: Rybakina books spot in quarter-finals, beats qualifier Andreeva
Elena Rybakina defeated Mirra Andreeva 2-6, 6-4, 6-1 on Wednesday and will face the winner of the match between Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, the top seed, and Italian Jasmine Paolini in the next round
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Kazakh Elena Rybakina, the No 5 seed, defeated Russian qualifier Mirra Andreeva 2-6, 6-4, 6-1 to reach the last eight of the China Open at National Tennis Center in Beijing on Wednesday.
Rybakina, ranked No 5, will play the winner of the match between Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, the top seed, and Italian Jasmine Paolini next.
In the previous rounds of the Beijing tournament, the Kazakh won against Chinese Qinwen Zheng (6-1, 6-2) and German Tatjana Maria (7-5, 6-0).
Andreeva, ranked No 60, won against No 10 seed Barbora Krejcikova (6-2, 6-2) and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (6-2, 6-1) earlier in the tournament.
Beijing WTA 1000, other last 16 results (National Tennis Center, hard, USD 8.127.389, most recent results first):
- Aryna Sabalenka vs. Jasmine Paolini
- Maria Sakkari vs. Xinyu Wang
- Veronika Kudermetova vs. Coco Gauff
- Anhelina Kalinina vs. Caroline Garcia
- Iga Swiatek (2) beat Magda Linette: 6-1, 6-1
- Liudmila Samsonova beat Marta Kostyuk: 6-4, 6-7 (4), 7-5
- Jelena Ostapenko (13) beat Jessica Pegula (4): 6-4, 6-2
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