Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open: Samsonova moves into last eight
Liudmila Samsonova won against Anhelina Kalinina 6-1, 6-3 on Thursday. She’ll face No 4 seed Barbora Krejcikova in the next round
Liudmila Samsonova US Open 2023 – Zuma / Panoramic
Russian Liudmila Samsonova, the No 8 seed, defeated Ukrainian Anhelina Kalinina 6-1, 6-3 to move into the last eight of the Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open at the International Tennis Centre, Zayed Sports City on Thursday.
Samsonova, ranked No 15, will play No 4 seed Barbora Krejcikova next.
The Russian won against Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko (6-0, 6-1) in the previous round of the Abu Dhabi tournament.
In the previous round of the Abu Dhabi tournament, Kalinina, ranked No 32, won against Italian lucky loser Lucia Bronzetti (6-1, 7-6 (1)).
Abu Dhabi WTA 500, other second-round results (International Tennis Centre, Zayed Sports City, hard, USD 922.573, most recent results first):
- Cristina Bucsa vs. Heather Watson
- Elena Rybakina vs. Danielle Collins
- Barbora Krejcikova beat Sara Sorribes Tormo (LL): 6-2, 1-0 ret.
- Ons Jabeur (2) beat Emma Raducanu (WC): 6-4, 6-1
- Sorana Cirstea beat Maria Sakkari (3): 6-2, 6-1
- Beatriz Haddad Maia (6) beat Magda Linette: 7-6 (6), 6-7 (1), 6-1
- Daria Kasatkina (7) beat Ashlyn Krueger (Q): 6-3, 7-5
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