Qatar Open: Kostyuk books spot in quarter-finals
Marta Kostyuk won against Magda Linette 6-4, 6-2 on Wednesday afternoon. She’ll face the winner of the match between American Amanda Anisimova and Canadian Leylah Fernandez in the next round
Marta Kostyuk (Zuma / Panoramic)
Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk defeated Pole Magda Linette 6-4, 6-2 to move into the quarter-finals of the Qatar Open at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex in Doha on Wednesday.
Kostyuk, ranked No 21, will face the winner of the match between American Amanda Anisimova and Canadian Leylah Fernandez next.
The 22-year-old Ukrainian won against wildcard Zeynep Sonmez (6-3, 6-3) and American Coco Gauff, the No 3 seed (6-2, 7-5) ahead of her victory.
Earlier in the tournament, Linette, ranked No 36, edged out Russian qualifier Veronika Kudermetova (3-6, 6-0, 6-4) and Magdalena Frech (7-5, 5-7, 6-4).
Doha WTA 1000, other last 16 results (Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex, hard, USD 3.664.963, most recent results first):
- Amanda Anisimova vs. Leylah Fernandez
- Ons Jabeur vs. Sofia Kenin
- Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Elise Mertens: wednesday
- Linda Noskova vs. Iga Swiatek: wednesday
- Jessica Pegula (6) beat Daria Kasatkina (10): 6-3, 7-5
- Jelena Ostapenko beat Jasmine Paolini (4): 6-2, 6-2
- Elena Rybakina (5) beat Rebecca Sramkova: 7-6 (1), 6-2
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