Dubai Open: Ostapenko reaches round of 16

Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, the No 9 seed, won against Swiss wildcard Lulu Sun 6-4, 6-3 to reach the last 16 of the Dubai Open at The Aviation Club Tennis Centre on Tuesday afternoon.

Ostapenko, ranked No 9, will face Russian qualifier Anna Kalinskaya next.

Ahead of her victory, the Latvian beat Chinese qualifier Xiyu Wang (5-7, 6-2, 6-3).

Sun, ranked No 181, benefited from the abandonment of Spaniard Paula Badosa (6-4) in the previous round of the Dubai tournament.

Dubai WTA 1000, other second-round results (The Aviation Club Tennis Centre, hard, USD 3.211.715, most recent results first):

• 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: tuesday
• Anastasia Potapova beat Lucia Bronzetti (LL): 6-0, 6-3
• Elina Svitolina (15) beat Tatjana Maria: 6-3, 6-3
• Sorana Cirstea beat Veronika Kudermetova (13): 6-1, 6-4
• Anna Kalinskaya beat Cristina Bucsa (LL): 6-3, 6-4
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Liudmila Samsonova
• Donna Vekic beat Aryna Sabalenka (2): 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-0
• 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