Elena Rybakina continued her brilliant start to the season with a straight-sets win over Xin Wang at the Qatar Open.

Playing her first match since winning the Australian Open, Rybakina won 6-2 6-4 to reach the last 16 in Doha.

Rybakina's sizzling serve was on display as she conceded just four points across her first three service games.

Wang saved a break point in the second game of the first, but succumbed to the pressure later on as Rybakina broke her counterpart's serve in back-to-back games to nose ahead.

Wang put up more resistance in the second and threatened to take the match to a deciding set after taking Rybakina's serve before saving four break points to go 4-2 up.

However, the second seed upped the level as she won four consecutive games, clinching victory with her first match point.

25 - Since the start of the Asian swing last September, Elena Rybakina (25) has claimed the most match wins of any player at WTA level, holding a win-loss record of 25-3 over that span. Form. #QatarTennis | @QatarTennis @WTA pic.twitter.com/VOexNr82q5

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Data Debrief: Dominance from Rybakina

Since the start of the Asian swing last September, Rybakina (25) has claimed the most match wins of any player at WTA level, holding a win-loss record of 25-3 over that span.

The two-time major winner has also reached her 26th career round of 16 at a WTA-1000 event and their third consecutive last 16 at the Qatar Open.

Despite serving just two aces against Wang, Rybakina won 79.4% of her first-serve points to Wang's 65.2% and 50% of her second-serve points to her counterpart's 32.1%.