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yDubai Duty Free Championships: Qualifier Bogdan makes last 16; Pegula next
Ana Bogdan beat Shelby Rogers 7-6 (3), 6-3 on Tuesday. She’ll face American Jessica Pegula, the No 3 seed, in the next round
Romanian qualifier Ana Bogdan won against American Shelby Rogers 7-6 (3), 6-3 to reach the last 16 of the Dubai Duty Free Championships at The Aviation Club Tennis Centre on Tuesday.
Bogdan, ranked No 75, will play American Jessica Pegula, the No 3 seed, next.
The Romanian defeated German qualifier Laura Siegemund (7-5, 6-3) ahead of her victory.
In the previous round of the Dubai Open, Rogers, ranked No 45, won against lucky loser Claire Liu (6-4, 6-4).
Dubai WTA 1000, other second-round results (The Aviation Club Tennis Centre, hard, USD 2.788.468, most recent results first):
- Aliaksandra Sasnovich vs. Coco Gauff
- Iga Swiatek vs. Leylah Fernandez
- Elena Rybakina vs. Marie Bouzkova
- Aryna Sabalenka (2) beat Lauren Davis (LL): 6-0, 6-1
- Jelena Ostapenko (13) beat Linda Fruhvirtova (WC): 6-2, 6-0
- Belinda Bencic vs. Marta Kostyuk: tuesday
- Petra Kvitova (12) beat Yulia Putintseva: 6-4, 6-4
- Jessica Pegula beat Viktoriya Tomova (Q): 6-2, 5-7, 6-1
- Qinwen Zheng vs. Liudmila Samsonova
- Karolina Muchova beat Sorana Cirstea: 6-4, 7-6 (4)
- Victoria Azarenka (15) beat Amanda Anisimova: 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5)
- Madison Keys beat Caroline Garcia (4): 7-5, 6-4
- Karolina Pliskova beat Maria Sakkari (6): 6-1, 6-2
- Barbora Krejcikova beat Daria Kasatkina (7): 6-4, 4-6, 7-5
- Anhelina Kalinina beat Dayana Yastremska (Q): 5-7, 6-2, 6-3