Dubai Open: Samsonova into last 16 as Pavlyuchenkova withdraws
Liudmila Samsonova benefited from the forfeit of Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova on Tuesday and will face No 7 seed Marketa Vondrousova in the next round
Liudmila Samsonova (Imago/Panoramic)
No 12 seed Liudmila Samsonova advanced to the last 16 of the Dubai Open after Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova withdrew before the match at The Aviation Club Tennis Centre on Tuesday.
Samsonova, ranked No 15, will face No 7 seed Marketa Vondrousova next.
Samsonova defeated Bulgarian qualifier Viktoriya Tomova (7-6 (2), 6-3) in the previous round of the Dubai tournament.
Earlier in the week, Pavlyuchenkova, ranked No 24, won against Marie Bouzkova (6-4, 6-3).
Dubai WTA 1000, other second-round matches (The Aviation Club Tennis Centre, hard, USD 3,211,715):
- Magdalena Frech (Q) beat Petra Martic: 6-4, 1-6, 6-2
- Marketa Vondrousova beat Peyton Stearns: 6-1, 5-7, 6-2
- Jasmine Paolini beat Leylah Fernandez: 6-3, 6-4
- Maria Sakkari (8) beat Emma Navarro: 6-2, 6-4
- Coco Gauff vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
- Iga Swiatek vs. Sloane Stephens
- Karolina Pliskova vs. Ashlyn Krueger
- Nao Hibino vs. Qinwen Zheng
- Victoria Azarenka vs. Elena Rybakina
- Lucia Bronzetti vs. Anastasia Potapova
- Tatjana Maria vs. Elina Svitolina
- Jelena Ostapenko vs. Lulu Sun
- Veronika Kudermetova vs. Sorana Cirstea
- Anna Kalinskaya vs. Cristina Bucsa
- Donna Vekic vs. Aryna Sabalenka
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