Brisbane Open: Azarenka advances to last 16
Victoria Azarenka edged out Maya Joint 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-4 on Wednesday and will face Marie Bouzkova in the next round
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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