Dubai Duty Free Championships: Rybakina through to second round, Bouzkova next
Elena Rybakina beat Bianca Andreescu 6-3, 6-4 on Monday evening.
Tennis – Australian Open – Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia – January 26, 2023 Kazakhstan’s Elena Rybakina reacts during her semi final match against Belarus’ Victoria Azarenka (AI/Reuters/Panoramic)
Kazakh Elena Rybakina, the No 9 seed, defeated Canadian Bianca Andreescu 6-3, 6-4 to reach the second round of the Dubai Duty Free Championships at The Aviation Club Tennis Centre on Monday evening.
Rybakina, ranked No 10, will play Czech Marie Bouzkova next.
Dubai WTA 1000, other first-round results (The Aviation Club Tennis Centre, hard, USD 2.788.468, most recent results first):
- Shelby Rogers beat Claire Liu (LL): 6-4, 6-4
- Jelena Ostapenko (13) beat Katarina Zavatska: 6-1, 6-4
- Yulia Putintseva beat Petra Martic: 6-4, 0-6, 6-2
- Victoria Azarenka (15) beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova: 6-3, 7-5
- Aliaksandra Sasnovich beat Rebeka Masarova (Q): 2-6, 6-4, 6-4
- Karolina Pliskova beat Marketa Vondrousova: 6-3, 6-4
- Lauren Davis (LL) beat Jil Teichmann: 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
- Karolina Muchova beat Bernarda Pera: 6-1, 6-4
- Ana Bogdan (Q) beat Laura Siegemund (Q): 7-5, 6-3
- Sorana Cirstea beat Beatriz Haddad Maia (11): 4-6, 7-6 (7), 7-5
- Anhelina Kalinina beat Veronika Kudermetova (10): 6-3, 5-7, 7-5
- Marta Kostyuk (WC) beat Ipek Oz (WC): 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
- Leylah Fernandez beat Julia Grabher (Q): 6-4, 6-2
- Linda Fruhvirtova (WC) beat Danielle Collins: 6-3, 6-4
- Amanda Anisimova beat Vera Zvonareva (WC): 6-3, 6-2
- Viktoriya Tomova (Q) beat Kaia Kanepi: 6-3, 6-1
- Liudmila Samsonova (14) beat Paula Badosa: 6-7 (3), 7-6 (5), 6-4
- Marie Bouzkova beat Sofia Kenin (WC): 6-1, 6-1
- Qinwen Zheng beat Shuai Zhang: 6-3, 6-1
- Petra Kvitova (12) beat Martina Trevisan: 6-2, 6-1
- Barbora Krejcikova beat Irina-Camelia Begu: 6-4, 6-2
- Madison Keys beat Jasmine Paolini (Q): 6-1, 6-1
- Dayana Yastremska (Q) beat Alize Cornet: 6-2, 6-3
