San Diego Open: Sabalenka through to quarter-finals

Aryna Sabalenka defeated Sloane Stephens 1-6, 6-3, 6-2 on Friday night

Aryna Sabalenka, Cincinnati 2022 Aryna Sabalenka, Cincinnati 2022 © Icon SMI / Panoramic

Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, the No 3 seed, advanced to the quarter-finals of the San Diego Open by defeating American wildcard Sloane Stephens 1-6, 6-3, 6-2 at the Barnes Tennis Centre on Friday night.

Sabalenka, ranked No 5, will play Croat qualifier Donna Vekic next.

Stephens, ranked No 52, won against Swiss lucky loser Jil Teichmann (6-1, 7-6 (2)) in the previous round.

San Diego WTA 500, other second-round results (Barnes Tennis Centre, hard, USD 757.900, most recent results first):

  • Louisa Chirico vs. Paula Badosa : later today in San Diego
  • Madison Keys beat Daria Kasatkina (8): 6-4, 6-3
  • Coco Gauff (6) beat Bianca Andreescu: 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
  • Iga Swiatek (1) beat Qinwen Zheng (LL): 6-4, 4-6, 6-1
  • Jessica Pegula (4) beat Coco Vandeweghe (WC): 6-3, 6-1
  • Danielle Collins beat Martina Trevisan: 6-2, 6-4
  • Donna Vekic beat Karolina Pliskova: 6-3, 6-2

People in this post

Your comments

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *