Dubai Open: Kalinskaya through to quarter-finals

Russian qualifier Anna Kalinskaya won against Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, the No 9 seed, 6-4, 7-5 to reach the quarter-finals of the Dubai Open at The Aviation Club Tennis Centre on Wednesday.

Kalinskaya, ranked No 40, will face the winner of the match between American Coco Gauff, the No 3 seed, and Karolina Pliskova next.

Earlier in the tournament, the Russian defeated Australian qualifier Storm Hunter (6-1, 6-2) and Spanish lucky loser Cristina Bucsa (6-3, 6-4).

Ostapenko, ranked No 9, won against Chinese qualifier Xiyu Wang (5-7, 6-2, 6-3) and Swiss wildcard Lulu Sun (6-4, 6-3) in the previous rounds of the Dubai tournament.

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
• Coco Gauff vs. Karolina Pliskova
• Sorana Cirstea vs. Donna Vekic
• Magdalena Frech vs. Elena Rybakina: wednesday
• Marketa Vondrousova (7) beat Liudmila Samsonova (12): 6-2, 6-2
• Jasmine Paolini beat Maria Sakkari (8): 6-4, 6-2