Qatar Open: Noskova cruises into last 16, plays Swiatek next

Linda Noskova won against Kazakh Yulia Putintseva 6-2, 6-3 to move into the last 16 of the Qatar Open at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex in Doha on Tuesday afternoon.

Noskova, ranked No 33, will play Pole Iga Swiatek, the second seed, next.

Linda Noskova beat Croat Donna Vekic, the No 15 seed (6-2, 6-4) in the previous round of the Qatar tournament.

During the first round of the Qatar tournament, Putintseva, ranked No 20, won against Japanese qualifier Moyuka Uchijima (6-2, 6-7 (5), 6-3).

Doha WTA 1000, other second-round results (Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex, hard, USD 3.664.963, most recent results first):

• Paula Badosa vs. Amanda Anisimova
• Daria Kasatkina vs. Elina Avanesyan
• Aryna Sabalenka vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
• Qinwen Zheng vs. Ons Jabeur
• Elina Svitolina vs. Jessica Pegula
• Magda Linette vs. Magdalena Frech
• Elena Rybakina vs. Peyton Stearns
• Liudmila Samsonova vs. Jelena Ostapenko
• Coco Gauff vs. Marta Kostyuk
• Rebecca Sramkova vs. Mirra Andreeva
• Elise Mertens vs. Cristina Bucsa: tuesday
• Caroline Garcia vs. Jasmine Paolini: tuesday
• Sofia Kenin vs. Alycia Parks: tuesday
• Leylah Fernandez beat Emma Navarro (8): 6-2, 6-2
• Iga Swiatek beat Maria Sakkari: 6-3, 6-2