Qatar Open: Rybakina reaches last eight

Kazakh Elena Rybakina, the No 5 seed, beat Slovak Rebecca Sramkova 7-6 (1), 6-2 to advance to the last eight of the Qatar Open at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex in Doha on Wednesday.

Rybakina, ranked No 7, will play the winner of the match between Linda Noskova and Pole Iga Swiatek, the second seed, next.

The Kazakh won against American Peyton Stearns (6-2, 6-4) ahead of her victory.

In the previous rounds of the Qatar tournament, Sramkova, ranked No 46, won against Ukrainian Anhelina Kalinina (6-2, 6-3) and edged out Russian Mirra Andreeva, the No 12 seed (3-6, 6-3, 7-5).

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
• Linda Noskova vs. Iga Swiatek
• Marta Kostyuk vs. Magda Linette
• Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Elise Mertens
• Jelena Ostapenko vs. Jasmine Paolini
• Daria Kasatkina vs. Jessica Pegula