As Coco Gauff and Ons Jabeur are eliminated from the Qatar Open, Naomi Osaka advances.

Naomi Osaka struggled into the last 16 of the Qatar Open on Tuesday, yet Coco Gauff and Ons Jabeur collided with shock second-round exits with straight-set routs.

Naomi Osaka fought into the last 16 of the Qatar Open on Tuesday, yet Coco Gauff and Ons Jabeur collided with shock second-round exits with straight-set routs. Four-time Huge homerun champion Osaka brushed past Croatia’s Petra Martic 6-3, 7-6 (11/9), proceeding with a rebound from maternity leave in the wake of bringing forth her little girl in July. Osaka got a handle on control with a break in the fourth round of the initial set. She broke two times more in the subsequent set—on either side of dropping her own serve—just to blow an opportunity to finish off the match at 5-4.

Martic took steps to compel a third set as she won the initial four places of the tiebreak; however, Osaka then saved four set focuses before her rival twofold blamed down match point.

It is the principal WTA competition in nearly two years at which Osaka has won consecutive matches. She proceeds to play Ukraine’s Lesia Tsurenko, who took out fourth seed Jabeur 6-3, 6-2.

Tsurenko dominated nine straight matches from 3-1 down in the principal set to score her most memorable triumph over the best 10 players in five years.

Jabeur has gotten through a troublesome beginning to the year. She conceded she was as yet hampered by a right knee issue that impacted her in Abu Dhabi.

“Certainly far superior to last week; however, it’s still there, tragically,” said Jabeur.

“It won’t mend in a few days; however, I’m giving my all to recuperate it, and I believe being extremely certain for the following weeks is going.”

World number three Gauff lost 6-2, 6-4 to Katerina Siniakova in her initial match, denoting whenever she has neglected to arrive at the quarterfinals of a competition since Wimbledon last year.

US Open boss Gauff dropped serve multiple times in a blunder-flung show, blowing a 4-0 lead in the subsequent set.

Siniakova will confront Danielle Collins in the last 16.

Elena Rybakina, cultivated third, dashed past China’s Zhu Lin 6-2, 6-1. She met American Emma Navarro for a spot in the quarterfinals.

Prior to the Australian Open, second-placed Zheng Qinwen struggled to triumph in her most memorable match since losing the Melbourne final to Aryna Sabalenka, beating Magda Linette 6-2, 2-6, 6-3.