Brisbane Open: Potapova books spot in last 16

Russian Anastasia Potapova reached the last 16 of the Brisbane Open by winning against Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska, the No 16 seed, 7-5, 6-4 at the Queensland Tennis Centre on Wednesday.

Potapova, ranked No 35, will face Australian wildcard Kimberly Birrell next.

The Russian benefited from the abandonment of Romanian qualifier Ana Bogdan (2-6, 6-4, 2-0) 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
• Peyton Stearns vs. Daria Kasatkina
• Kimberly Birrell 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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