Wednesday at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships featured eight second-round matches that shaped up the tournament’s quarterfinal field.
The day opened with second seed Karolina Pliskova‘s commanding 6-1 6-2 victory over Kristina Mladenovic, followed by the continued progress of qualifier Jennifer Brady, who won 11 of the last 12 games to recover from a 6-4 4-1 deficit against Marketa Vondrousova and win 4-6 6-4 6-1.
Australian Open finalist and ninth seed Garbine Muguruza is still enjoying good results, her latest being a win in an entertaining encounter with talented Veronika Kudermetova 7-5 4-6 6-4.