Qatar Open: Collins dispatches Bouzkova, moves into last 16
Danielle Collins beat Marie Bouzkova 6-4, 7-5 and will play the winner of the match between Katerina Siniakova and Coco Gauff in the next round
American qualifier Danielle Collins beat Marie Bouzkova 6-4, 7-5 to advance to the last 16 of the Qatar Open at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex in Doha.
Collins, ranked No 63, will play the winner of the match between Katerina Siniakova and American Coco Gauff, the second seed, next.
The American defeated Russian Veronika Kudermetova, the No 13 seed (7-5, 6-3) ahead of her victory.
In the previous round of the Qatar tournament, Bouzkova, ranked No 35, edged out American Sofia Kenin (7-5, 2-6, 7-5).
Doha WTA 1000, other second-round results (Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex, hard, USD 3.211.715, most recent results first):
- Lin Zhu vs. Elena Rybakina
- Petra Martic vs. Naomi Osaka
- Ons Jabeur vs. Lesia Tsurenko
- Anhelina Kalinina vs. Jelena Ostapenko
- Katerina Siniakova vs. Coco Gauff: tuesday
- Anastasia Potapova vs. Karolina Pliskova: tuesday
- Ekaterina Alexandrova (14) beat Erika Andreeva (Q): 6-0, 3-6, 6-1
- Linda Noskova vs. Maria Sakkari: tuesday
- Victoria Azarenka beat Xinyu Wang: 7-6 (2), 6-2
- Emma Navarro (16) beat Elise Mertens: 6-1, 6-3
- Leylah Fernandez beat Paula Badosa (WC): 0-6, 6-2, 6-3
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova beat Marta Kostyuk: 2-1 ret.
- Qinwen Zheng (5) beat Magda Linette: 6-2, 2-6, 6-3
- Marketa Vondrousova (6) beat Greet Minnen (Q): 6-2, 0-6, 6-4
- Iga Swiatek (1) beat Sorana Cirstea: 6-1, 6-1