Anisimova moves past Azaranka in Doha makes second round

American Amanda Anisimova defeated Belarusian Victoria Azarenka 6-3, 7-5 to reach the second round of the Qatar Open at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex in Doha on Sunday evening.

Anisimova, ranked No 40, will face the winner of the match between Spaniard Paula Badosa, the No 9 seed, and Katerina Siniakova next.

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

• Paula Badosa vs. Katerina Siniakova
• McCartney Kessler vs. Ons Jabeur
• Marketa Vondrousova vs. Elina Svitolina
• Dayana Yastremska vs. Peyton Stearns
• Aoi Ito vs. Jelena Ostapenko
• Veronika Kudermetova vs. Magda Linette
• Daria Kasatkina vs. Polina Kudermetova
• Yulia Putintseva vs. Moyuka Uchijima
• Donna Vekic vs. Linda Noskova
• Anhelina Kalinina vs. Rebecca Sramkova
• Ashlyn Krueger vs. Sofia Kenin
• Ekaterina Alexandrova beat Emma Raducanu (WC): 6-3, 7-5
• Magdalena Frech beat Beatriz Haddad Maia (13): 6-4, 3-6, 6-2
• Elina Avanesyan beat Xinyu Wang: 7-6 (3), 1-6, 7-6 (5)
• Mirra Andreeva (12) beat Katie Volynets (Q): 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-4
• Liudmila Samsonova (16) beat Lulu Sun: 6-3, 6-3
• 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)