Brisbane Open: Azarenka advances to last 16

Belarusian Victoria Azarenka, the No 10 seed, advanced to the last 16 of the Brisbane Open by edging out Australian wildcard Maya Joint 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-4 at the Queensland Tennis Centre on Wednesday.

Azarenka, ranked No 20, will face Marie Bouzkova next.

Joint, ranked No 116, defeated qualifier Maddison Inglis (6-3, 6-4) in the previous round of the Brisbane tournament.

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

• Linda Noskova (12) beat Anca Todoni (Q): 6-1, 6-4
• Yue Yuan beat Marta Kostyuk (9): 6-4, 6-3
• Suzan Lamens beat Magdalena Frech (11): 7-5, 6-3
• Anastasia Potapova beat Dayana Yastremska (16): 7-5, 6-4
• Daria Kasatkina (3) beat Peyton Stearns: 7-6 (7), 4-6, 7-5
• Kimberly Birrell (WC) beat Emma Navarro (2): 7-5, 7-5
• Polina Kudermetova (Q) beat Liudmila Samsonova (13): 6-7 (7), 6-3, 6-2
• 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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