Qatar Open: Paolini downs Garcia to reach last 16
Jasmine Paolini beat Caroline Garcia 6-3, 6-4 on Tuesday and will play the winner of the match between Russian Liudmila Samsonova, the No 16 seed, and Latvian Jelena Ostapenko in the next round
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Italian Jasmine Paolini, the No 4 seed, advanced to the last 16 of the Qatar Open by winning against French wildcard Caroline Garcia 6-3, 6-4 at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex in Doha on Tuesday afternoon.
Paolini, ranked No 4, will play the winner of the match between Russian Liudmila Samsonova, the No 16 seed, and Latvian Jelena Ostapenko next.
Garcia, ranked No 76, beat Chinese Yue Yuan (6-1, 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
- Daria Kasatkina vs. Elina Avanesyan
- Aryna Sabalenka vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
- Qinwen Zheng vs. Ons Jabeur
- Elina Svitolina vs. Jessica Pegula
- Magda Linette vs. Magdalena Frech
- Rebecca Sramkova vs. Mirra Andreeva
- Elena Rybakina vs. Peyton Stearns
- Coco Gauff vs. Marta Kostyuk
- Liudmila Samsonova vs. Jelena Ostapenko
- Elise Mertens vs. Cristina Bucsa: tuesday
- Linda Noskova beat Yulia Putintseva: 6-2, 6-3
- Sofia Kenin vs. Alycia Parks: tuesday
- Leylah Fernandez beat Emma Navarro (8): 6-2, 6-2
- Iga Swiatek (2) beat Maria Sakkari: 6-3, 6-2
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