Samsonova stuns Sabalenka in Guadalajara – sends Garcia, Gauff to WTA Finals

Russian Liudmila Samsonova beat Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, the second seed, 6-4, 2-6, 6-2 to reach the last 16 of the Guadalajara Open at the Centro Panamericano de Tenis on Wednesday evening.

Samsonova, ranked No 22, will play the winner of the match between Colombian Camila Osorio and Czech Marie Bouzkova next.

The result also means that Caroline Garcia and Coco Gauff are both assured of spots in the eight-woman WTA Finals field.

The Russian won against Estonian Kaia Kanepi (6-1, 7-5) in the previous round.

Guadalajara WTA 1000, other second-round results (Centro Panamericano de Tenis, hard, USD 2.527.250, most recent results first):

• Paula Badosa vs. Victoria Azarenka
• Belinda Bencic vs. Sloane Stephens
• Ajla Tomljanovic vs. Madison Keys
• Camila Osorio vs. Marie Bouzkova
• Jessica Pegula vs. Elena Rybakina
• Veronika Kudermetova vs. Donna Vekic
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Coco Gauff
• Elise Mertens vs. Anna Kalinskaya
• Katerina Siniakova vs. Martina Trevisan: wednesday
• Danielle Collins (14) beat Magdalena Frech (Q): 6-3, 6-4
• Jelena Ostapenko (12) beat Eugenie Bouchard (WC): 7-5, 2-6, 6-1
• Caroline Garcia (6) beat Rebecca Marino (Q): 6-7 (2), 6-3, 7-6 (5)
• Daria Kasatkina (7) beat Lin Zhu: 6-1, 6-2
• Maria Sakkari (4) beat Marta Kostyuk: 6-4, 6-4
• Bianca Andreescu beat Petra Kvitova (16): 3-6, 6-2, 6-0