Qatar Open: Alexandrova beats Erika Andreeva to reach last 16

No 14 seed Ekaterina Alexandrova beat qualifier Erika Andreeva 6-0, 3-6, 6-1 to reach the last 16 of the Qatar Open at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex in Doha.

Alexandrova, ranked No 19, will face Pole Iga Swiatek, the top seed, next.

Ahead of her victory, Ekaterina Alexandrova beat Bulgarian lucky loser Viktoriya Tomova (7-6 (5), 6-3).

Andreeva, ranked No 106, defeated qualifier Diana Shnaider (7-6 (2), 6-4) in the previous round of the Qatar tournament.

Doha WTA 1000, other second-round results (Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex, hard, USD 3.211.715, most recent results first):

• Lin Zhu vs. Elena Rybakina
• Petra Martic vs. Naomi Osaka
• Ons Jabeur vs. Lesia Tsurenko
• Anhelina Kalinina vs. Jelena Ostapenko
• Katerina Siniakova vs. Coco Gauff: tuesday
• Anastasia Potapova vs. Karolina Pliskova: tuesday
• Danielle Collins vs. Marie Bouzkova: tuesday
• Linda Noskova vs. Maria Sakkari: tuesday
• Victoria Azarenka beat Xinyu Wang: 7-6 (2), 6-2
• Emma Navarro (16) beat Elise Mertens: 6-1, 6-3
• Leylah Fernandez beat Paula Badosa (WC): 0-6, 6-2, 6-3
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova beat Marta Kostyuk: 2-1 ret.
• Qinwen Zheng (5) beat Magda Linette: 6-2, 2-6, 6-3
• Marketa Vondrousova (6) beat Greet Minnen (Q): 6-2, 0-6, 6-4
• Iga Swiatek beat Sorana Cirstea: 6-1, 6-1