Qatar Open: Kasatkina reaches last 16
Daria Kasatkina won against Elina Avanesyan 6-2, 6-3 on Tuesday evening and will face American Jessica Pegula, the No 6 seed, in the next round
Daria Kasatkina, Beijing 2024
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Russian Daria Kasatkina, the No 10 seed, advanced to the last 16 of the Qatar Open by winning against Armenian Elina Avanesyan 6-2, 6-3 at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex in Doha on Tuesday evening.
Kasatkina, ranked No 12, will face American Jessica Pegula, the No 6 seed, next.
Ahead of her victory, the Russian beat lucky loser Polina Kudermetova (6-0, 6-0).
Avanesyan, ranked No 48, edged out Chinese Xinyu Wang (7-6 (3), 1-6, 7-6 (5)) in the previous round of the Qatar tournament.
Doha WTA 1000, other second-round results (Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex, hard, USD 3.664.963, most recent results first):
- Paula Badosa vs. Amanda Anisimova
- Magda Linette vs. Magdalena Frech: tuesday
- Aryna Sabalenka vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova: tuesday
- Ons Jabeur beat Qinwen Zheng (7): 6-4, 6-2
- Jessica Pegula 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
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