Dubai Open: Kalinskaya beats Bucsa to reach last 16
The Russian will play the winner of the match between Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, the No 9 seed, and Swiss wildcard Lulu Sun in the next round
Russian qualifier Anna Kalinskaya reached the last 16 of the Dubai Open by beating Spanish lucky loser Cristina Bucsa 6-3, 6-4 at The Aviation Club Tennis Centre on Tuesday.
Kalinskaya, ranked No 40, will play the winner of the match between Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, the No 9 seed, and Swiss wildcard Lulu Sun next.
The Russian won against Australian qualifier Storm Hunter (6-1, 6-2) ahead of her victory.
Dubai WTA 1000, other second-round matches (The Aviation Club Tennis Centre, hard, USD 3,211,715):
- Magdalena Frech (Q) beat Petra Martic: 6-4, 1-6, 6-2
- Marketa Vondrousova (7) beat Peyton Stearns: 6-1, 5-7, 6-2
- Jasmine Paolini beat Leylah Fernandez: 6-3, 6-4
- Maria Sakkari (8) beat Emma Navarro: 6-2, 6-4
- Coco Gauff vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
- Iga Swiatek vs. Sloane Stephens
- Karolina Pliskova vs. Ashlyn Krueger
- Nao Hibino vs. Qinwen Zheng
- Victoria Azarenka vs. Elena Rybakina
- Lucia Bronzetti vs. Anastasia Potapova
- Tatjana Maria vs. Elina Svitolina
- Jelena Ostapenko vs. Lulu Sun
- Veronika Kudermetova vs. Sorana Cirstea
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Liudmila Samsonova
- Donna Vekic vs. Aryna Sabalenka
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