Dubai Open: Cirstea reaches quarter-finals
Sorana Cirstea edged out Donna Vekic 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 on Wednesday. She’ll face No 7 seed Marketa Vondrousova in the next round
Sorana Cirstea in Miami (Zuma/Panoramic)
Romanian Sorana Cirstea moved into the last eight of the Dubai Open by edging out Croat Donna Vekic 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 at The Aviation Club Tennis Centre on Wednesday afternoon.
Cirstea, ranked No 22, will face No 7 seed Marketa Vondrousova next.
The 33-year-old Romanian defeated American Sofia Kenin (6-3, 7-6 (2)) and Russian Veronika Kudermetova, the No 13 seed (6-1, 6-4) ahead of her victory.
In the previous rounds of the Dubai tournament, Vekic, ranked No 31, won against Chinese Xinyu Wang (6-2, 6-4) and Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, the second seed (6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-0).
Dubai WTA 1000, other last 16 results (The Aviation Club Tennis Centre, hard, USD 3.211.715, most recent results first):
- Anastasia Potapova vs. Qinwen Zheng
- Iga Swiatek vs. Elina Svitolina
- Coco Gauff vs. Karolina Pliskova: wednesday
- Elena Rybakina (4) beat Magdalena Frech (Q): 7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-4
- Anna Kalinskaya (Q) beat Jelena Ostapenko (9): 6-4, 7-5
- Marketa Vondrousova beat Liudmila Samsonova (12): 6-2, 6-2
- Jasmine Paolini beat Maria Sakkari (8): 6-4, 6-2
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