Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open: Watson advances to second round, takes out ninth seed Kudermetova
Heather Watson beat Veronika Kudermetova 6-3, 7-5 on Tuesday afternoon and will play Spanish lucky loser Cristina Bucsa in the next round
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Qualifier Heather Watson defeated Russian Veronika Kudermetova, the No 9 seed, 6-3, 7-5 to reach the second round of the Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open at the International Tennis Centre, Zayed Sports City on Tuesday afternoon.
Watson, ranked No 156, will play Spanish lucky loser Cristina Bucsa next.
Abu Dhabi WTA 500, other first-round results (International Tennis Centre, Zayed Sports City, hard, USD 922.573, most recent results first):
- Lesia Tsurenko vs. Liudmila Samsonova
- Anhelina Kalinina vs. Lucia Bronzetti: tuesday
- Danielle Collins (Q) beat Naomi Osaka (WC): 7-5, 6-0
- Cristina Bucsa beat Xinyu Wang: 5-7, 6-0, 6-3
- Magda Linette beat Alexandra Eala (WC): 7-6 (4), 6-1
- Sara Sorribes Tormo (LL) beat Linda Noskova (Q): 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
- Emma Raducanu (WC) beat Marie Bouzkova: 6-4, 6-1
- Daria Kasatkina (7) beat Diane Parry (Q): 6-4, 5-7, 6-4
- Beatriz Haddad Maia (6) beat Xiyu Wang (WC): 6-2, 7-6 (4)
- Ashlyn Krueger (Q) beat Bernarda Pera (Q): 6-2, 5-7, 6-3
- Sorana Cirstea beat Caroline Garcia: 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-4
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