Dubai Open: Paolini beats Fernandez to set up Sakkari clash
The Italian won against Leylah Fernandez 6-3, 6-4 on Tuesday and will play Greek Maria Sakkari, the No 8 seed, in the next round
Jasmine Paolini (Imago/Panoramic)
Italian Jasmine Paolini won against Canadian Leylah Fernandez 6-3, 6-4 to reach the last 16 of the Dubai Open at The Aviation Club Tennis Centre on Tuesday.
Paolini, ranked No 26, will play Greek Maria Sakkari, the No 8 seed, next.
The Italian defeated Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia, the No 11 seed (4-6, 6-4, 6-0) in the previous round of the Dubai tournament.
Earlier in the week, Fernandez, ranked No 33, beat American qualifier Bernarda Pera (6-3, 6-2).
Dubai WTA 1000, other second-round matches (The Aviation Club Tennis Centre, hard, USD 3,211,715):
- Maria Sakkari 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
- Anna Kalinskaya vs. Cristina Bucsa
- Donna Vekic vs. Aryna Sabalenka
- Magdalena Frech vs. Petra Martic
- Marketa Vondrousova vs. Peyton Stearns
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