Qatar Open: Samsonova eases through to second round

Russian Liudmila Samsonova, the No 16 seed, moved into the second round of the Qatar Open by winning against New Zealander Lulu Sun 6-3, 6-3 at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex in Doha on Sunday.

Samsonova, ranked No 20, will play the winner of the match between Japanese qualifier Aoi Ito and Latvian Jelena Ostapenko next.

Doha WTA 1000, other first-round results (Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex, hard, USD 3.664.963, most recent results first):

• Yulia Putintseva vs. Moyuka Uchijima
• Donna Vekic vs. Linda Noskova
• Anhelina Kalinina vs. Rebecca Sramkova
• Dayana Yastremska vs. Peyton Stearns
• Aoi Ito vs. Jelena Ostapenko
• Ashlyn Krueger vs. Sofia Kenin
• McCartney Kessler vs. Ons Jabeur
• Paula Badosa vs. Katerina Siniakova
• Veronika Kudermetova vs. Magda Linette
• Marketa Vondrousova vs. Elina Svitolina
• Daria Kasatkina vs. Polina Kudermetova
• Amanda Anisimova vs. Victoria Azarenka
• Magdalena Frech vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
• Emma Raducanu vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
• Elina Avanesyan vs. Xinyu Wang: sunday
• Katie Volynets vs. Mirra Andreeva: sunday
• Marta Kostyuk beat Zeynep Sonmez (WC): 6-3, 6-3
• Leylah Fernandez beat Greet Minnen (Q): 6-1, 6-2
• Elise Mertens beat Clara Tauson: 6-0 ret.
• Maria Sakkari beat Elena-Gabriela Ruse (Q): 4-6, 6-3, 4-0 ret.
• Cristina Bucsa (Q) beat Anna Kalinskaya (14): 6-7 (3), 7-5, 6-4
• Caroline Garcia (WC) beat Yue Yuan: 6-1, 7-6 (5)
• Alycia Parks (Q) beat Diana Shnaider (11): 6-4, 7-6 (2)