Cirstea upsets Garcia in round one in Abu Dhabi

Romanian Sorana Cirstea edged out Frenchwoman Caroline Garcia 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-4 to reach the second round of the Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open at the International Tennis Centre, Zayed Sports City on Monday.

Cirstea, ranked No 26, will face No 3 seed Maria Sakkari next.

Abu Dhabi WTA 500, other first-round results (International Tennis Centre, Zayed Sports City, hard, USD 922.573, most recent results first):

• Lesia Tsurenko vs. Liudmila Samsonova
• Anhelina Kalinina vs. Lucia Bronzetti
• Heather Watson vs. Veronika Kudermetova
• Naomi Osaka vs. Danielle Collins
• Alexandra Eala vs. Magda Linette
• Xinyu Wang vs. Lin Zhu
• Sara Sorribes Tormo vs. Linda Noskova
• Marie Bouzkova vs. Emma Raducanu
• Daria Kasatkina vs. Diane Parry
• Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Xiyu Wang
• Bernarda Pera vs. Ashlyn Krueger: monday