Dubai Open: Zheng reaches last 16
Qinwen Zheng won against Nao Hibino 5-7, 6-2, 6-2 on Tuesday and will face Russian Anastasia Potapova in the next round
Qinwen Zheng at the 2024 Australian Open (Action Plus/Panoramic)
Chinese Qinwen Zheng, the No 6 seed, moved into the last 16 of the Dubai Open by winning against Japanese qualifier Nao Hibino 5-7, 6-2, 6-2 at The Aviation Club Tennis Centre on Tuesday afternoon.
Zheng, ranked No 7, will play Russian Anastasia Potapova next.
In the previous round of the Dubai tournament, Hibino, ranked No 90, edged out Pole Magda Linette (6-2, 3-6, 6-4).
Dubai WTA 1000, other second-round results (The Aviation Club Tennis Centre, hard, USD 3.211.715, most recent results first):
- Coco Gauff vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
- Karolina Pliskova vs. Ashlyn Krueger
- Iga Swiatek vs. Sloane Stephens
- Elena Rybakina (4) beat Victoria Azarenka: 4-6, 6-2 ret.
- Jelena Ostapenko (9) beat Lulu Sun (WC): 6-4, 6-3
- Anastasia Potapova beat Lucia Bronzetti (LL): 6-0, 6-3
- Elina Svitolina (15) beat Tatjana Maria: 6-3, 6-3
- Sorana Cirstea beat Veronika Kudermetova (13): 6-1, 6-4
- Anna Kalinskaya (Q) beat Cristina Bucsa (LL): 6-3, 6-4
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Liudmila Samsonova
- Donna Vekic beat Aryna Sabalenka (2): 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-0
- Magdalena Frech (Q) beat Petra Martic: 6-4, 1-6, 6-2
- Marketa Vondrousova (7) 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
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