Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open: Noskova beats Badosa

Linda Noskova moved into the quarter-finals of the Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open by winning against Spaniard Paula Badosa, the second seed, 6-4, 6-1 at the International Tennis Centre, Zayed Sports City on Wednesday afternoon.

Noskova, ranked No 39, will play the winner of the match between Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, the No 6 seed, and Pole Magda Linette next.

Linda Noskova beat Pole Magdalena Frech (6-0, 6-3) ahead of her victory.

Abu Dhabi WTA 500, other second-round results (International Tennis Centre, Zayed Sports City, hard, USD 1.064.510, most recent results first):

• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Magda Linette: wednesday
• Ons Jabeur beat Wakana Sonobe (Q): 6-3, 6-3
• Ashlyn Krueger beat Daria Kasatkina (3): 1-6, 7-5, 6-4
• Leylah Fernandez (8) beat Lulu Sun: 6-0, 6-3
• Elena Rybakina (1) beat Katie Volynets (Q): 2-6, 6-4, 6-4
• Marketa Vondrousova (WC) beat Yulia Putintseva (4): 6-2, 6-3
• Belinda Bencic (WC) beat Veronika Kudermetova (LL): 6-0, 6-0