Dubai Duty Free Championships: Pegula books spot in quarter-finals

American Jessica Pegula, the No 3 seed, beat Romanian qualifier Ana Bogdan 6-4, 6-3 to move into the quarter-finals of the Dubai Duty Free Championships at The Aviation Club Tennis Centre on Wednesday.

Pegula, ranked No 3, will play the winner of the match between Swiss Belinda Bencic, the No 8 seed, and Czech Karolina Muchova next.

The American won against Bulgarian qualifier Viktoriya Tomova (6-2, 5-7, 6-1) in the previous round of the Dubai Open.

In the previous rounds of the Dubai Open, Bogdan, ranked No 75, defeated German qualifier Laura Siegemund (7-5, 6-3) and American Shelby Rogers (7-6 (3), 6-3).

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

• Barbora Krejcikova vs. Petra Kvitova
• Jelena Ostapenko vs. Aryna Sabalenka
• Elena Rybakina vs. Coco Gauff
• Iga Swiatek vs. Liudmila Samsonova
• Belinda Bencic vs. Karolina Muchova
• Madison Keys vs. Victoria Azarenka
• Anhelina Kalinina vs. Karolina Pliskova: wednesday