Qatar Open: Pegula advances to quarter-finals
Jessica Pegula won against Daria Kasatkina 6-3, 7-5 on Wednesday afternoon and will play the winner of the match between Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova and Belgian Elise Mertens in the next round
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American Jessica Pegula, the No 6 seed, advanced to the quarter-finals of the Qatar Open by winning against Russian Daria Kasatkina, the No 10 seed, 6-3, 7-5 at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex in Doha on Wednesday afternoon.
Pegula, ranked No 5, will play the winner of the match between Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova and Belgian Elise Mertens next.
The American beat Ukrainian Elina Svitolina (6-3, 7-6 (3)) in the previous round of the Qatar tournament.
Earlier in the tournament, Kasatkina, ranked No 12, won against lucky loser Polina Kudermetova (6-0, 6-0) and Armenian Elina Avanesyan (6-2, 6-3).
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
- Linda Noskova vs. Iga Swiatek: wednesday
- Marta Kostyuk vs. Magda Linette: wednesday
- Jelena Ostapenko beat Jasmine Paolini (4): 6-2, 6-2
- Elena Rybakina (5) beat Rebecca Sramkova: 7-6 (1), 6-2
