Western & Southern Open: Pavlyuchenkova moves into quarter-finals
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova beat Qinwen Zheng 7-5, 6-1 on Saturday night and will play Spaniard Paula Badosa in the next round
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Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova won against Chinese Qinwen Zheng, the No 7 seed, 7-5, 6-1 to move into the last 8 of the Western & Southern Open at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Cincinnati on Saturday night.
Pavlyuchenkova, ranked No 28, will play Spaniard Paula Badosa next.
Ahead of her victory, the 33-year-old Russian defeated Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia, the No 17 seed (4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-3) and Dane wildcard Caroline Wozniacki (7-5, 6-4).
Zheng, ranked No 7, won against Pole qualifier Magdalena Frech (6-1, 7-5) in the previous round of the Cincy Open.
Cincinnati WTA 1000, other last 16 results (Lindner Family Tennis Center, hard, USD 3.211.715, most recent results first):
- Jessica Pegula (6) beat Taylor Townsend (Q): 6-2, 6-3
- Paula Badosa beat Yulia Putintseva: 6-4, 6-4
- Leylah Fernandez beat Diana Shnaider: 6-1, 6-4
- Aryna Sabalenka (3) beat Elina Svitolina: 7-5, 6-2
- Mirra Andreeva beat Jasmine Paolini (5): 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
- Liudmila Samsonova (10) beat Elina Avanesyan (LL): 4-6, 6-0, 6-3
- Iga Swiatek (1) beat Marta Kostyuk (15): 6-2, 6-2
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