Dubai Open: Zheng reaches quarter-finals
Qinwen Zheng defeated Anastasia Potapova 6-3, 6-2 on Wednesday evening. She’ll face Pole Iga Swiatek, the top seed, in the next round
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Chinese Qinwen Zheng, the No 6 seed, defeated Russian Anastasia Potapova 6-3, 6-2 to advance to the last eight of the Dubai Open at The Aviation Club Tennis Centre on Wednesday evening.
Zheng, ranked No 7, will play Pole Iga Swiatek, the top seed, next.
In the previous round of the Dubai tournament, the 21-year-old Chinese won against Japanese qualifier Nao Hibino (5-7, 6-2, 6-2).
Potapova, ranked No 35, edged out Chinese Lin Zhu (4-6, 6-2, 6-4) and won against Italian lucky loser Lucia Bronzetti (6-0, 6-3) in the previous rounds of the Dubai tournament.
Dubai WTA 1000, other last 16 results (The Aviation Club Tennis Centre, hard, USD 3.211.715, most recent results first):
- Iga Swiatek beat Elina Svitolina (15): 6-1, 6-4
- 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
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