Qatar Open: Anisimova ousts Badosa to reach last 16

American Amanda Anisimova beat Spaniard Paula Badosa, the No 9 seed, 6-4, 6-3 to move into the last 16 of the Qatar Open at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex in Doha on Tuesday evening.

Anisimova, ranked No 41, will play Canadian Leylah Fernandez next.

The American won against Belarusian Victoria Azarenka (6-3, 7-5) in the previous round of the Qatar tournament.

In the previous round of the Qatar tournament, Badosa, ranked No 10, won against Mexican lucky loser Renata Zarazua (6-3, 4-6, 6-2).

Doha WTA 1000, other second-round results (Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex, hard, USD 3.664.963, most recent results first):

• Daria Kasatkina (10) beat Elina Avanesyan: 6-2, 6-3
• Magda Linette beat Magdalena Frech: 7-5, 5-7, 6-4
• Ekaterina Alexandrova beat Aryna Sabalenka (1): 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5)
• Ons Jabeur beat Qinwen Zheng (7): 6-4, 6-2
• Jessica Pegula (6) beat Elina Svitolina: 6-3, 7-6 (3)
• Rebecca Sramkova beat Mirra Andreeva (12): 3-6, 6-3, 7-5
• Elena Rybakina (5) beat Peyton Stearns: 6-2, 6-4
• Marta Kostyuk beat Coco Gauff (3): 6-2, 7-5
• Jelena Ostapenko beat Liudmila Samsonova (16): 7-6 (5), 7-5
• Elise Mertens beat Cristina Bucsa (Q): 6-2, 6-3
• Linda Noskova beat Yulia Putintseva: 6-2, 6-3
• Jasmine Paolini (4) beat Caroline Garcia (WC): 6-3, 6-4
• Sofia Kenin (WC) beat Alycia Parks (Q): 7-6 (3), 3-6, 6-2
• Leylah Fernandez beat Emma Navarro (8): 6-2, 6-2
• Iga Swiatek (2) beat Maria Sakkari: 6-3, 6-2