Rybakina qualifies for Dubai Open last 16
Elena Rybakina won against Moyuka Uchijima 6-3, 6-2 on Tuesday. She’ll play Spaniard Paula Badosa, the No 9 seed, next
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Kazakh Elena Rybakina, the No 6 seed, won against Japanese qualifier Moyuka Uchijima 6-3, 6-2 to advance to the last 16 of the Dubai Open at The Aviation Club Tennis Centre on Tuesday.
Rybakina wrapped up Uchijima’s challenge in an hour, six minutes.
She did it on the back of seven aces and three break-point conversions, also saving her serve from getting broken twice. She’s now one win away from matching her previous performance in Dubai.
Rybakina, ranked No 7, will face Spaniard Paula Badosa, the No 9 seed, next.
Uchijima, ranked No 62, beat Latvian Jelena Ostapenko (6-3, 6-3) in the previous round of the Dubai tournament.
Dubai WTA 1000, other second-round results (The Aviation Club Tennis Centre, hard, USD 3.664.963, most recent results first):
- Aryna Sabalenka vs. Veronika Kudermetova
- Qinwen Zheng vs. Peyton Stearns
- Belinda Bencic vs. Emma Navarro
- Emma Raducanu vs. Karolina Muchova
- Marketa Vondrousova vs. Mirra Andreeva
- Sorana Cirstea vs. Alycia Parks
- Coco Gauff vs. McCartney Kessler
- Clara Tauson vs. Elina Svitolina
- Victoria Azarenka vs. Iga Swiatek
- Anastasia Potapova vs. Dayana Yastremska
- Sofia Kenin vs. Marta Kostyuk
- Liudmila Samsonova vs. Jessica Pegula
- Diana Shnaider vs. Linda Noskova
- Eva Lys vs. Jasmine Paolini
- Paula Badosa beat Elise Mertens: 6-2, 6-1
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