Qatar Open: Noskova loses to Pliskova in Doha

Karolina Pliskova won against Linda Noskova 3-6, 7-5, 6-1 to move into the quarter-finals of the Qatar Open at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex in Doha.

Pliskova, ranked No 59, will play Japanese Naomi Osaka next.

In the previous rounds of the Qatar tournament, Karolina Pliskova edged out Russian wildcard Anna Kalinskaya (2-6, 7-6 (3), 6-4) and Russian Anastasia Potapova (6-1, 5-7, 6-4).

Noskova, ranked No 28, defeated American qualifier Bernarda Pera (6-3, 7-6 (8)) and edged out Greek Maria Sakkari, the No 7 seed (3-6, 7-6 (2), 7-5) earlier in the tournament.

Doha WTA 1000, other last-16 results (Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex, hard, USD 3.211.715, most recent results first):

• Victoria Azarenka vs. Jelena Ostapenko
• Iga Swiatek vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
• Emma Navarro vs. Elena Rybakina: wednesday
• Lesia Tsurenko vs. Naomi Osaka
• Leylah Fernandez beat Qinwen Zheng (5): 7-5, 6-3
• Danielle Collins (Q) beat Katerina Siniakova: 6-4, 6-3
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova beat Marketa Vondrousova (6): 7-5, 6-3