Washington Open: Azarenka battles past Wang to move into last eight
Victoria Azarenka won against Yafan Wang 6-1, 6-7 (5), 6-3 on Thursday evening and will play Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, the top seed, in the next round
Victoria Azarenka in Charleston (Zuma/Panoramic)
Belarusian Victoria Azarenka, the No 6 seed, advanced to the last eight of the Washington Open by winning against Chinese Yafan Wang 6-1, 6-7 (5), 6-3 at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center.
Azarenka, ranked No 20, will face Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, the top seed, next.
The 35-year-old Belarusian beat American qualifier Hailey Baptiste (7-6 (6), 7-6 (3)) in the previous round of the Washington tournament.
In the first round of the Washington tournament, Wang, ranked No 73, won against Karolina Pliskova (5-7, 6-3, 6-0).
Washington WTA 500, other second-round results (William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center, hard, USD 922.573, most recent results first):
- Ons Jabeur vs. Robin Montgomery
- Marie Bouzkova vs. Taylor Townsend
- Paula Badosa vs. Liudmila Samsonova
- Caroline Dolehide beat Daria Kasatkina (2): 2-6, 7-5, 6-0
- Aryna Sabalenka beat Kamilla Rakhimova (Q): 7-5, 4-6, 6-4
- Emma Raducanu (WC) beat Peyton Stearns: 7-6 (6), 6-2
- Amanda Anisimova (Q) beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (7): 6-1, 6-7 (4), 6-4
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