Dubai Duty Free Championships: Cirstea books spot in second round

Romanian Sorana Cirstea reached the second round of the Dubai Duty Free Championships by edging out Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia, the No 11 seed, 4-6, 7-6 (7), 7-5 at The Aviation Club Tennis Centre on Monday.

Cirstea, ranked No 70, will play the winner of the match between Czech Karolina Muchova and American Bernarda Pera next.

Dubai WTA 1000, other first-round results (The Aviation Club Tennis Centre, hard, USD 2.788.468, most recent results first):

• Elena Rybakina vs. Bianca Andreescu
• Jelena Ostapenko vs. Katarina Zavatska
• Claire Liu vs. Shelby Rogers
• Petra Martic vs. Yulia Putintseva
• Aliaksandra Sasnovich vs. Rebeka Masarova
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Victoria Azarenka
• Karolina Pliskova vs. Marketa Vondrousova
• Jil Teichmann vs. Lauren Davis: monday
• Karolina Muchova vs. Bernarda Pera: monday
• Ana Bogdan (Q) beat Laura Siegemund (Q): 7-5, 6-3
• Anhelina Kalinina beat Veronika Kudermetova (10): 6-3, 5-7, 7-5
• Marta Kostyuk (WC) beat Ipek Oz (WC): 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
• Leylah Fernandez beat Julia Grabher (Q): 6-4, 6-2
• Linda Fruhvirtova (WC) beat Danielle Collins: 6-3, 6-4
• Amanda Anisimova beat Vera Zvonareva (WC): 6-3, 6-2
• Viktoriya Tomova (Q) beat Kaia Kanepi: 6-3, 6-1
• Liudmila Samsonova (14) beat Paula Badosa: 6-7 (3), 7-6 (5), 6-4
• Marie Bouzkova beat Sofia Kenin (WC): 6-1, 6-1
• Qinwen Zheng beat Shuai Zhang: 6-3, 6-1
• Petra Kvitova (12) beat Martina Trevisan: 6-2, 6-1
• Barbora Krejcikova beat Irina-Camelia Begu: 6-4, 6-2
• Madison Keys beat Jasmine Paolini (Q): 6-1, 6-1
• Dayana Yastremska (Q) beat Alize Cornet: 6-2, 6-3