Qatar Open: Fernandez turns tables on Badosa to reach last 16

Canadian Leylah Fernandez beat Spanish wildcard Paula Badosa 0-6, 6-2, 6-3 to move into the last 16 of the Qatar Open at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex in Doha.

Fernandez, ranked No 38, will face Chinese Qinwen Zheng, the No 5 seed, next.

Ahead of her victory, the 21-year-old Canadian beat Russian Liudmila Samsonova, the No 12 seed (7-5, 7-6 (4)).

Badosa, ranked No 79, edged out American qualifier Ashlyn Krueger (6-3, 4-6, 6-4) in the previous round of the Qatar tournament.

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
• Ons Jabeur vs. Lesia Tsurenko
• Petra Martic vs. Naomi Osaka
• Katerina Siniakova vs. Coco Gauff
• Anastasia Potapova vs. Karolina Pliskova
• Anhelina Kalinina vs. Jelena Ostapenko
• Erika Andreeva vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova: tuesday
• Danielle Collins vs. Marie Bouzkova: tuesday
• Linda Noskova vs. Maria Sakkari: tuesday
• Xinyu Wang vs. Victoria Azarenka: tuesday
• Emma Navarro (16) beat Elise Mertens: 6-1, 6-3
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova beat Marta Kostyuk: 2-1 ret.
• Qinwen Zheng 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