Dubai Open: Samsonova books spot in second round
Liudmila Samsonova won against Viktoriya Tomova 7-6 (2), 6-3 on Monday. She’ll play Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the next round

Russian Liudmila Samsonova, the No 12 seed, advanced to the second round of the Dubai Open by winning against Bulgarian qualifier Viktoriya Tomova 7-6 (2), 6-3 at The Aviation Club Tennis Centre on Monday.
Samsonova, ranked No 15, will face Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova next.
Dubai WTA 1000, other first-round results (The Aviation Club Tennis Centre, hard, USD 3.211.715, most recent results first):
- Daria Kasatkina vs. Lucia Bronzetti
- Anhelina Kalinina vs. Elina Svitolina
- Paula Badosa vs. Lulu Sun
- Veronika Kudermetova (13) beat Dayana Yastremska (WC): 6-0, 1-6, 6-0
- Jelena Ostapenko (9) beat Xiyu Wang (Q): 5-7, 6-2, 6-3
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova beat Marie Bouzkova: 6-4, 6-3
- Karolina Pliskova beat Shuai Zhang (WC): 6-3, 7-5
- Anastasia Potapova beat Lin Zhu: 4-6, 6-2, 6-4
- Victoria Azarenka beat Arantxa Rus: 6-2, 6-4
- Petra Martic beat Caroline Dolehide: 6-4, 7-6 (4)
- 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