Alexandrova maintains winning streak to reach last eight in Qatar
Ekaterina Alexandrova won against Elise Mertens 6-4, 6-2 on Wednesday afternoon and will play American Jessica Pegula, the No 6 seed, in the next round
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Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova took her winning streak to seven matches as she beat Belgian Elise Mertens 6-4, 6-2 to reach the quarter-finals of the Qatar Open at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex in Doha on Wednesday.
Alexandrova, the winner in Linz and now ranked No 26, will face American Jessica Pegula, the No 6 seed, next.
The Russian won against wildcard Emma Raducanu (6-3, 7-5) and edged out Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, the top seed (3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5)) ahead of her victory.
In the previous rounds of the Qatar tournament, Mertens, ranked No 32, benefited from the abandonment of Dane Clara Tauson (6-0) and beat Spanish qualifier Cristina Bucsa (6-2, 6-3).
Doha WTA 1000, other last 16 results (Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex, hard, USD 3.664.963, most recent results first):
- Amanda Anisimova vs. Leylah Fernandez
- Ons Jabeur vs. Sofia Kenin
- Linda Noskova vs. Iga Swiatek: wednesday
- Marta Kostyuk beat Magda Linette: 6-4, 6-2
- Jessica Pegula beat Daria Kasatkina (10): 6-3, 7-5
- Jelena Ostapenko beat Jasmine Paolini (4): 6-2, 6-2
- Elena Rybakina (5) beat Rebecca Sramkova: 7-6 (1), 6-2
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