Dubai Open: Swiatek reaches quarter-finals with straight-sets win over Svitolina

Pole Iga Swiatek, the top seed, advanced to the last eight of the Dubai Open by winning against Ukrainian Elina Svitolina, the No 15 seed, 6-1, 6-4 at The Aviation Club Tennis Centre on Wednesday evening.

Swiatek, ranked No 1, will face the winner of the match between Russian Anastasia Potapova and Chinese Qinwen Zheng, the No 6 seed, next.

Ahead of her victory, the 22-year-old Pole defeated American Sloane Stephens (6-4, 6-4).

Svitolina, ranked No 20, beat Anhelina Kalinina (6-3, 7-6 (7)) and German Tatjana Maria (6-3, 6-3) earlier in the tournament.

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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
• Coco Gauff (3) beat Karolina Pliskova: 2-6, 6-4, 6-3
• Sorana Cirstea beat Donna Vekic: 3-6, 6-3, 7-5
• 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 (7) beat Liudmila Samsonova (12): 6-2, 6-2
• Jasmine Paolini beat Maria Sakkari (8): 6-4, 6-2