Dubai Duty Free Championships: Zheng retires, Samsonova books spot in last 16
Liudmila Samsonova benefited from the forfeit of Qinwen Zheng on Tuesday and will face the winner of the match between Pole Iga Swiatek, the top seed, and Canadian Leylah Fernandez in the next round
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Russian Liudmila Samsonova, the No 14 seed, moved into the last 16 of the Dubai Duty Free Championships after Chinese Qinwen Zheng withdrew before the match at The Aviation Club Tennis Centre on Tuesday.
Samsonova, ranked No 13, will play the winner of the match between Pole Iga Swiatek, the top seed, and Canadian Leylah Fernandez next.
In the previous round of the Dubai Open, the Russian edged out Spaniard Paula Badosa (6-7 (3), 7-6 (5), 6-4).
Zheng, ranked No 24, beat Shuai Zhang (6-3, 6-1) in the previous round of the Dubai Open.
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
- Jelena Ostapenko vs. Linda Fruhvirtova
- Lauren Davis vs. Aryna Sabalenka
- Belinda Bencic vs. Marta Kostyuk
- Yulia Putintseva vs. Petra Kvitova
- Viktoriya Tomova vs. Jessica Pegula
- Shelby Rogers vs. Ana Bogdan
- Karolina Muchova vs. Sorana Cirstea: tuesday
- Amanda Anisimova vs. Victoria Azarenka: tuesday
- 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
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