Dubai Duty Free Championships: Krejcikova advances to quarter-finals; Sabalenka next

Barbora Krejcikova reached the last eight of the Dubai Duty Free Championships by beating No 12 seed Petra Kvitova 6-3, 6-2 at The Aviation Club Tennis Centre on Wednesday evening.

Krejcikova, ranked No 30, will face Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, the second seed, next.

Barbora Krejcikova won against Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu (6-4, 6-2) and edged out Russian Daria Kasatkina, the No 7 seed (6-4, 4-6, 7-5) in the previous rounds of the Dubai Open.

Earlier in the tournament, Kvitova, ranked No 15, defeated Italian Martina Trevisan (6-2, 6-1) and Kazakh Yulia Putintseva (6-4, 6-4).

Dubai WTA 1000, other last 16 results (The Aviation Club Tennis Centre, hard, USD 2.788.468, most recent results first):

• Aryna Sabalenka beat Jelena Ostapenko (13): 2-6, 6-1, 6-1
• Elena Rybakina vs. Coco Gauff
• Iga Swiatek (1) beat Liudmila Samsonova (14): 6-1, 6-0
• Karolina Muchova beat Belinda Bencic (8): 6-1, 6-4
• Madison Keys beat Victoria Azarenka (15): 6-2, 6-1
• Jessica Pegula (3) beat Ana Bogdan (Q): 6-4, 6-3
• Karolina Pliskova beat Anhelina Kalinina: 7-5, 6-7 (6), 6-2