Qatar Open: Kenin advances to last 16
Sofia Kenin defeated Alycia Parks 7-6 (3), 3-6, 6-2 on Tuesday and will face the winner of the match between Chinese Qinwen Zheng, the No 7 seed, and Tunisian Ons Jabeur in the next round
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Wildcard Sofia Kenin reached the last 16 of the Qatar Open by defeating qualifier Alycia Parks 7-6 (3), 3-6, 6-2 at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex in Doha on Tuesday.
Kenin, ranked No 73, will face the winner of the match between Chinese Qinwen Zheng, the No 7 seed, and Tunisian Ons Jabeur next.
Ahead of her victory, Sofia Kenin won against Ashlyn Krueger (6-4, 6-4).
Parks, ranked No 90, beat Russian Diana Shnaider, the No 11 seed (6-4, 7-6 (2)) 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
- Daria Kasatkina vs. Elina Avanesyan
- Aryna Sabalenka vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
- Magda Linette vs. Magdalena Frech
- Qinwen Zheng vs. Ons Jabeur
- Elina Svitolina vs. Jessica Pegula
- Rebecca Sramkova vs. Mirra Andreeva
- Elena Rybakina vs. Peyton Stearns: tuesday
- Coco Gauff vs. Marta Kostyuk: tuesday
- Liudmila Samsonova vs. Jelena Ostapenko: tuesday
- 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
- Leylah Fernandez beat Emma Navarro (8): 6-2, 6-2
- Iga Swiatek (2) beat Maria Sakkari: 6-3, 6-2
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