Muguruza and Svitolina at a steady pace in Abu Dhabi

The Spanish Garbiñe Muguruza defeated the Belarusian Aleksandra Sasnovich on the fast track, 90 in the world, 6-1 and 6-4 (in just 47 minutes) to reach the knockout stages of the Abu Dhabi tournament, joining in that round with their compatriots Paula Badosa and Sara Sorribes, already classified since Friday .

Elina Svitolina reached the third round with a 6-4, 6-1 win over Russian veteran Vera Zvonareva and now he will see them with Ekaterina Alexandrova.

While, Maria Sakkari, number 22 of the WTA and seed number 9, beat Cori Gauff 7-5 and 6-2 in one hour and twenty-eight minutes, American tennis player, number 48 in the ranking.

The Russian Anastasia Gasanova, 292 in the world and in the previous phase, was in charge of giving the great surprise by defeating the third favorite, the Czech Karolina Pliskova, 6-2 and 6-4, and will be Sorribes’ rival, while Badosa will face the also Russian Veronika Kudermetova.