Dubai Open: Potapova makes last 16

Russian Anastasia Potapova reached the last 16 of the Dubai Open by winning against Italian lucky loser Lucia Bronzetti 6-0, 6-3 at The Aviation Club Tennis Centre on Tuesday afternoon.

Potapova, ranked No 35, will face the winner of the match between Japanese qualifier Nao Hibino and Chinese Qinwen Zheng, the No 6 seed, next.

In the previous round of the Dubai tournament, the 22-year-old Russian edged out Chinese Lin Zhu (4-6, 6-2, 6-4).

Bronzetti, ranked No 60, edged out Russian Daria Kasatkina, the No 10 seed (7-6 (5), 4-6, 7-5) during the first round of the Dubai tournament.

Dubai WTA 1000, other second-round results (The Aviation Club Tennis Centre, hard, USD 3.211.715, most recent results first):

• Coco Gauff vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
• Iga Swiatek vs. Sloane Stephens
• Karolina Pliskova vs. Ashlyn Krueger
• Nao Hibino vs. Qinwen Zheng
• Victoria Azarenka vs. Elena Rybakina: tuesday
• Jelena Ostapenko vs. Lulu Sun: tuesday
• Tatjana Maria vs. Elina Svitolina: tuesday
• Sorana Cirstea beat Veronika Kudermetova (13): 6-1, 6-4
• Anna Kalinskaya (Q) beat Cristina Bucsa (LL): 6-3, 6-4
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Liudmila Samsonova
• Donna Vekic beat Aryna Sabalenka (2): 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-0
• Magdalena Frech (Q) beat Petra Martic: 6-4, 1-6, 6-2
• Marketa Vondrousova (7) beat Peyton Stearns: 6-1, 5-7, 6-2
• Jasmine Paolini beat Leylah Fernandez: 6-3, 6-4
• Maria Sakkari (8) beat Emma Navarro: 6-2, 6-4