Dubai Open: Azarenka books spot in second round against Rybakina
Victoria Azarenka beat Arantxa Rus 6-2, 6-4 on Monday and will play No 4 seed Elena Rybakina in the next round
Victoria Azarenka, Dubai 2023 – © Imago / Panoramic
Belarus’ Victoria Azarenka defeated Dutchwoman Arantxa Rus 6-2, 6-4 to move into the second round of the Dubai Open at The Aviation Club Tennis Centre on Monday.
Azarenka, ranked No 27, will play No 4 seed Elena Rybakina next.
Dubai WTA 1000, other first-round matches (The Aviation Club Tennis Centre, hard, USD 3,211,715):
- Leylah Fernandez beat Bernarda Pera (Q): 6-3, 6-2
- Sorana Cirstea beat Sofia Kenin: 6-3, 7-6 (2)
- Ashlyn Krueger (WC) beat Caroline Garcia (16): 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
- Elisabetta Cocciaretto (LL) beat Elise Mertens: 1-6, 6-3, 7-6 (3)
- Sloane Stephens beat Clara Burel (Q): 6-4, 1-6, 6-2
- Jasmine Paolini beat Beatriz Haddad Maia (11): 4-6, 6-4, 6-0
- Anna Kalinskaya (Q) beat Storm Hunter (Q): 6-1, 6-2
- Emma Navarro beat Katerina Siniakova: 4-6, 7-5, 6-4
- Donna Vekic beat Xinyu Wang: 6-2, 6-4
- Nao Hibino (Q) beat Magda Linette: 6-2, 3-6, 6-4
- Peyton Stearns beat Mirra Andreeva: 6-2, 2-6, 6-1
- Magdalena Frech (Q) beat Ekaterina Alexandrova (14): 7-6 (2), 6-3
- Tatjana Maria beat Varvara Gracheva: 6-2, 6-1
- Daria Kasatkina vs. Lucia Bronzetti
- Anhelina Kalinina vs. Elina Svitolina
- Paula Badosa vs. Lulu Sun
- Viktoriya Tomova vs. Liudmila Samsonova
- Veronika Kudermetova vs. Dayana Yastremska
- Jelena Ostapenko vs. Xiyu Wang
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Marie Bouzkova
- Karolina Pliskova vs. Shuai Zhang
- Lin Zhu vs. Anastasia Potapova
- Petra Martic vs. Caroline Dolehide
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