Dubai Duty Free Championships: Rybakina makes last 16; plays Gauff next

Kazakh Elena Rybakina, the No 9 seed, won against Czech Marie Bouzkova 7-5, 6-2 to advance to the last 16 of the Dubai Duty Free Championships at The Aviation Club Tennis Centre on Tuesday evening.

Rybakina, ranked No 10, will face American Coco Gauff, the No 5 seed, next.

Ahead of her victory, the Kazakh defeated Canadian Bianca Andreescu (6-3, 6-4).

Bouzkova, ranked No 26, won against American wildcard Sofia Kenin (6-1, 6-1) in the previous round of the Dubai Open.

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

• Coco Gauff beat Aliaksandra Sasnovich: 6-0, 6-4
• Iga Swiatek (1) beat Leylah Fernandez: 6-1, 6-1
• Aryna Sabalenka (2) beat Lauren Davis (LL): 6-0, 6-1
• Jelena Ostapenko (13) beat Linda Fruhvirtova (WC): 6-2, 6-0
• Belinda Bencic (8) beat Marta Kostyuk (WC): 6-7 (7), 7-6 (5), 6-4
• Ana Bogdan (Q) beat Shelby Rogers: 7-6 (3), 6-3
• Petra Kvitova (12) beat Yulia Putintseva: 6-4, 6-4
• Jessica Pegula (3) beat Viktoriya Tomova (Q): 6-2, 5-7, 6-1
• Qinwen Zheng vs. Liudmila Samsonova
• Karolina Muchova beat Sorana Cirstea: 6-4, 7-6 (4)
• Victoria Azarenka (15) beat Amanda Anisimova: 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5)
• Madison Keys beat Caroline Garcia (4): 7-5, 6-4
• Karolina Pliskova beat Maria Sakkari (6): 6-1, 6-2
• Barbora Krejcikova beat Daria Kasatkina (7): 6-4, 4-6, 7-5
• Anhelina Kalinina beat Dayana Yastremska (Q): 5-7, 6-2, 6-3