Brisbane Open: Avanesyan downs Badosa to make last 16

Armenian Elina Avanesyan advanced to the last 16 of the Brisbane Open by defeating Spaniard Paula Badosa, the No 4 seed, 6-3, 1-6, 6-2 at the Queensland Tennis Centre on Tuesday.

Avanesyan, ranked No 43, will play the winner of the match between Tunisian Ons Jabeur and Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova, the No 14 seed, next.

In the previous round of the Brisbane tournament, the 22-year-old Armenian won against Slovak Rebecca Sramkova (1-6, 6-2, 6-2).

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

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

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