​Qinwen Zheng advanced to the quarterfinals of the WTA Dubai tournament on Wednesday, defeating Anastasia Potapova in straight sets 6-3, 6-2.

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Qinwen Zheng eliminated Anastasia Potapova at the WTA in Dubai

Qinwen Zheng advanced to the quarterfinals at the WTA tournament in Dubai.

The player, who occupies the 7th place in the WTA hierarchy, entered the match with Anastasia Potapova (35 WTA) without problems, whom she defeated in the end of the match, which lasted an hour and 34 minutes.

Her next opponent is Iga Svyatek (1 WTA).

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Results of the day at WTA Dubai

Maria Sakkari (8) – Jasmine Paolini 4-6, 2-6

Marketa Vondrousova (7) – Lyudmila Samsonova (12) 6-2, 6-2

Olena Ostapenko (9) – Anna Kalinska 4-6, 5-7

Magdalena Frech – Olena Rybakina (4) (5) 6-7, 6-3, 4-6

Sorana Kirstea – Donna Vekic 3-6, 6-3, 7-5

Coco Gauf (3) – Karolina Plishkova 2-6, 6-4, 6-3

Iga Svyatek (1) – Elina Svitolina (15) 6-1, 6-4

Anastasia Potapova – Qinwen Zheng (7) 3-6, 2-6

WTA Dubai, quarter draw

Iga Svyatek (1) – Qinwen Zheng (7)

Coco Gauf (3) – Anna Kalinska

Jasmine Paolini – Olena Rybakina (4)

Marketa Vondrousova (7) – Sorana Kirstea

The Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships runs from February 18 to 24 on hard, is part of the “WTA 1000” category and has a total prize pool of $3,211,715. Simona Halep won the tournament in 2015 and 2020, and the reigning champion is Barbora Krejcikova.

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