Washington Open: Sabalenka moves into last eight

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