Dubai Open: Paolini beats Fernandez to set up Sakkari clash

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