Dubai Open: Pegula races past Samsonova to reach last 16
Jessica Pegula won against Liudmila Samsonova 6-0, 6-4 on Tuesday. She’ll face Linda Noskova in the next round
Jessica Pegula at the 2023 WTA Dubai Tennis Championships
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American Jessica Pegula, the No 5 seed, moved into the last 16 of the Dubai Open by winning against Russian Liudmila Samsonova 6-0, 6-4 at The Aviation Club Tennis Centre.
Pegula, ranked No 5, will face Linda Noskova next.
In the previous round of the Dubai tournament, Samsonova, ranked No 25, beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (6-2, 6-2).
Dubai WTA 1000, other second-round results (The Aviation Club Tennis Centre, hard, USD 3.664.963, most recent results first):
- Marketa Vondrousova vs. Mirra Andreeva
- Qinwen Zheng vs. Peyton Stearns
- Belinda Bencic vs. Emma Navarro
- Sorana Cirstea vs. Alycia Parks
- Clara Tauson vs. Elina Svitolina
- Emma Raducanu vs. Karolina Muchova
- Coco Gauff vs. McCartney Kessler
- Aryna Sabalenka vs. Veronika Kudermetova
- Anastasia Potapova vs. Dayana Yastremska: tuesday
- Victoria Azarenka vs. Iga Swiatek: tuesday
- Sofia Kenin vs. Marta Kostyuk: tuesday
- Linda Noskova beat Diana Shnaider (11): 7-6 (8), 4-6, 6-3
- Jasmine Paolini (4) beat Eva Lys (Q): 6-2, 7-5
- Paula Badosa (9) beat Elise Mertens: 6-2, 6-1
- Elena Rybakina (6) beat Moyuka Uchijima (Q): 6-3, 6-2
