The top seed, Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, advanced to the quarterfinals of the Washington Open by defeating Russian qualifier Kamilla Rakhimova 7-5, 4-6, 6-4 at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center on Thursday night.
Sabalenka, ranked No. 3, will face either Chinese Yafan Wang or Belarusian Victoria Azarenka, the No. 6 seed, in the next round.
In the previous round of the tournament, Rakhimova, ranked No. 105, defeated American Katie Volynets 6-4, 6-3.
Other second-round results of the Washington WTA 500 at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center on hard court with a prize money of USD 922,573:
- Ons Jabeur vs. Robin Montgomery
- Marie Bouzkova vs. Taylor Townsend
- Paula Badosa vs. Liudmila Samsonova
- Yafan Wang vs. Victoria Azarenka
- Caroline Dolehide defeated Daria Kasatkina (2) 2-6, 7-5, 6-0
- Emma Raducanu (WC) defeated Peyton Stearns 7-6 (6), 6-2
- Amanda Anisimova (Q) defeated Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (7) 6-1, 6-7 (4), 6-4
