Tuesday’s second-round action at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships escorted six seeded players, including Elina Svitolina and Petra Kvitova. Let’s do a recap of the busy day through a photo coverage by Jimmie48.
After admitting that significantly reduced prizes at tournaments have affected her motivation, top seed Elina Svitolina fell to Svetlana Kuznetsova 2-6 6-4 6-1. The Russian will next face Barbora Krejcikova, who defeated Jelena Ostapenko 6-3 6-1.
Second seed Karolina Pliskova had to dig deep to see off Anastasija Sevastova 6-3 6-7(5) 6-2 and will play in-form Jessica Pegula in the round of 16, as the American lost just three games to Kristina Mladenovic.