Washington Open: Sabalenka moves into last eight
Aryna Sabalenka edged out Kamilla Rakhimova 7-5, 4-6, 6-4 on Thursday night and will play the winner of the match between Chinese Yafan Wang and Belarusian Victoria Azarenka, the No 6 seed, in the next round
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Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, the top seed, moved into the last 8 of the Washington Open by edging out Russian qualifier Kamilla Rakhimova 7-5, 4-6, 6-4 at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center on Thursday night.
Sabalenka, ranked No 3, will play the winner of the match between Chinese Yafan Wang and Belarusian Victoria Azarenka, the No 6 seed, next.
In the previous round of the Washington tournament, Rakhimova, ranked No 105, beat American Katie Volynets (6-4, 6-3).
Washington WTA 500, other second-round matches (William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center, hard, USD 922.573, most recent results first):
- Caroline Dolehide beat Daria Kasatkina (2): 2-6, 7-5, 6-0
- Emma Raducanu (WC) beat Peyton Stearns: 7-6 (6), 6-2
- Amanda Anisimova (Q) beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (7): 6-1, 6-7 (4), 6-4
- Ons Jabeur vs. Robin Montgomery
- Marie Bouzkova vs. Taylor Townsend
- Paula Badosa vs. Liudmila Samsonova
- Yafan Wang vs. Victoria Azarenka
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