Dubai Open: Gauff reaches last eight

American Coco Gauff, the No 3 seed, moved into the quarter-finals of the Dubai Open by winning against Karolina Pliskova 2-6, 6-4, 6-3 at The Aviation Club Tennis Centre on Wednesday afternoon.

Gauff, ranked No 3, will face Russian qualifier Anna Kalinskaya next, in her third quarter-final at the tournament.

The 19-year-old American beat Italian lucky loser Elisabetta Cocciaretto (6-1, 7-5) ahead of her victory.

In the previous rounds of the Dubai tournament, Pliskova, ranked No 36, defeated Chinese wildcard Shuai Zhang (6-3, 7-5) and edged out American wildcard Ashlyn Krueger (6-7 (2), 6-3, 6-4).

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Dubai WTA 1000, other last 16 results (The Aviation Club Tennis Centre, hard, USD 3.211.715, most recent results first):

• Anastasia Potapova vs. Qinwen Zheng
• Iga Swiatek vs. Elina Svitolina
• Sorana Cirstea beat Donna Vekic: 3-6, 6-3, 7-5
• Elena Rybakina (4) beat Magdalena Frech (Q): 7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-4
• Anna Kalinskaya beat Jelena Ostapenko (9): 6-4, 7-5
• Marketa Vondrousova (7) beat Liudmila Samsonova (12): 6-2, 6-2
• Jasmine Paolini beat Maria Sakkari (8): 6-4, 6-2