Qatar Open: Vondrousova beaten by Pavlyuchenkova in Doha
Pavlyuchenkova beat Marketa Vondrousova 7-5, 6-3. She’ll play the winner of the match between Danielle Collins and Katerina Siniakova in the next round
Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova defeated No 6 seed Marketa Vondrousova 7-5, 6-3 to reach the last 8 of the Qatar Open at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex in Doha.
Pavlyuchenkova, ranked No 32, will face the winner of the match between American qualifier Danielle Collins and Katerina Siniakova next.
Earlier in the tournament, the Russian won against No 11 seed Daria Kasatkina (6-2, 7-6 (2)) and Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk (2-1 ret.).
Vondrousova, ranked No 8, edged out Belgian qualifier Greet Minnen (6-2, 0-6, 6-4) in the previous round of the Qatar tournament.
Doha WTA 1000, other last-16 results (Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex, hard, USD 3.211.715, most recent results first):
- Victoria Azarenka vs. Jelena Ostapenko
- Iga Swiatek vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
- Emma Navarro vs. Elena Rybakina
- Lesia Tsurenko vs. Naomi Osaka
- Karolina Pliskova vs. Linda Noskova
- Qinwen Zheng vs. Leylah Fernandez: wednesday
- Danielle Collins vs. Katerina Siniakova: wednesday