World No 1 Sabalenka stunned by Alexandrova at Qatar Open
Ekaterina Alexandrova edged out Aryna Sabalenka 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5) on Tuesday evening and will play Belgian Elise Mertens in the next round
Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova edged out Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, the top seed, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5) to move into the last 16 of the Qatar Open at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex in Doha on Tuesday evening.
Alexandrova, ranked No 26, will play Belgian Elise Mertens next.
The Russian beat wildcard Emma Raducanu (6-3, 7-5) in the previous round of the Qatar tournament.
Doha WTA 1000, other second-round results (Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex, hard, USD 3.664.963, most recent results first):
- Paula Badosa vs. Amanda Anisimova
- Daria Kasatkina (10) beat Elina Avanesyan: 6-2, 6-3
- Magda Linette vs. Magdalena Frech: tuesday
- Ons Jabeur beat Qinwen Zheng (7): 6-4, 6-2
- Jessica Pegula (6) beat Elina Svitolina: 6-3, 7-6 (3)
- Rebecca Sramkova beat Mirra Andreeva (12): 3-6, 6-3, 7-5
- Elena Rybakina (5) beat Peyton Stearns: 6-2, 6-4
- Marta Kostyuk beat Coco Gauff (3): 6-2, 7-5
- Jelena Ostapenko beat Liudmila Samsonova (16): 7-6 (5), 7-5
- Elise Mertens beat Cristina Bucsa (Q): 6-2, 6-3
- Linda Noskova beat Yulia Putintseva: 6-2, 6-3
- Jasmine Paolini (4) beat Caroline Garcia (WC): 6-3, 6-4
- Sofia Kenin (WC) beat Alycia Parks (Q): 7-6 (3), 3-6, 6-2
- Leylah Fernandez beat Emma Navarro (8): 6-2, 6-2
- Iga Swiatek (2) beat Maria Sakkari: 6-3, 6-2
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