Brisbane Open: Polina Kudermetova advances to last 16

Qualifier Polina Kudermetova beat No 13 seed Liudmila Samsonova 6-7 (7), 6-3, 6-2 to move into the last 16 of the Brisbane Open at the Queensland Tennis Centre on Wednesday.

Kudermetova, ranked No 107, will play the winner of the match between American Peyton Stearns and Russian Daria Kasatkina, the No 3 seed, next.

Polina Kudermetova won against Chinese Xinyu Wang (6-1, 6-3) ahead of her victory.

Brisbane WTA 500, other second-round results (Queensland Tennis Centre, hard, USD 1.520.600, most recent results first):

• Victoria Azarenka vs. Maya Joint
• Linda Noskova vs. Anca Todoni
• Yue Yuan vs. Marta Kostyuk
• Suzan Lamens vs. Magdalena Frech
• Dayana Yastremska vs. Anastasia Potapova
• Peyton Stearns vs. Daria Kasatkina
• Kimberly Birrell (WC) beat Emma Navarro (2): 7-5, 7-5
• Anhelina Kalinina beat Diana Shnaider (5): 6-3, 4-6, 6-1
• Ons Jabeur beat Ekaterina Alexandrova (14): 6-3, 6-2
• Marie Bouzkova beat Jelena Ostapenko (7): 7-6, 6-4
• Mirra Andreeva (8) beat Anna Blinkova: 6-4, 6-4
• Aryna Sabalenka (1) beat Renata Zarazua: 6-4, 6-0
• Ashlyn Krueger beat Anna Kalinskaya (6): 6-3, 6-3
• Elina Avanesyan beat Paula Badosa (4): 6-3, 1-6, 6-2
• Yulia Putintseva (15) beat McCartney Kessler: 6-2, 7-5

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