Adelaide International 2: Anisimova wins; plays 11th seed Haddad Maia next

American lucky loser Amanda Anisimova beat Russian Liudmila Samsonova 7-5, 6-3 to reach the last 16 of the WTA Adelaide International at the Memorial Drive Tennis Park on Tuesday.

Anisimova, ranked No 23, will play Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia, the No 11 seed, next.

Adelaide WTA 500, other first-round results (Memorial Drive Tennis Park, hard, USD 780,637, most recent results first):

• Belinda Bencic (8) beat Garbine Muguruza (WC): 6-3, 6-4
• Ekaterina Alexandrova beat Jaimee Fourlis (WC): 7-5, 6-3
• Beatriz Haddad Maia beat Sorana Cirstea (Q): 7-6 (5), 6-1
• Danielle Collins (10) beat Karolina Pliskova (Q): 6-2, 6-4
• Petra Kvitova (12) beat Elena Rybakina: 6-3, 7-5
• Jil Teichmann (Q) beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova: 7-5, 6-4
• Anett Kontaveit vs. Paula Badosa
• Kaia Kanepi vs. Storm Hunter
• Victoria Azarenka vs. Veronika Kudermetova
• Anastasia Potapova vs. Katerina Siniakova
• Alison Riske-Amritraj vs. Barbora Krejcikova
• Jelena Ostapenko vs. Anna Kalinskaya
• Qinwen Zheng vs. Shelby Rogers

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