Dubai Open: Kessler downs Doha champ Anisimova to move into second round
McCartney Kessler beat Amanda Anisimova 6-2, 6-3 on Monday afternoon. She’ll face No 3 seed Coco Gauff in the next round
McCartney Kessler 2024 (Zuma/Panoramic)
McCartney Kessler beat Amanda Anisimova 6-2, 6-3 to reach the second round of the Dubai Open at The Aviation Club Tennis Centre.
Kessler, ranked No 53, will face No 3 seed Coco Gauff next.
Dubai WTA 1000, other first-round results (The Aviation Club Tennis Centre, hard, USD 3.664.963, most recent results first):
- Elina Avanesyan vs. Mirra Andreeva
- Ons Jabeur vs. Peyton Stearns
- Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Veronika Kudermetova
- Moyuka Uchijima (Q) beat Jelena Ostapenko: 6-3, 6-3
- Victoria Azarenka beat Anhelina Kalinina: 2-6, 7-6 (4), 6-4
- Clara Tauson beat Rebecca Sramkova: 7-6 (7), 6-0
- Marta Kostyuk beat Katerina Siniakova (Q): 6-3, 6-4
- Sorana Cirstea (WC) beat Daria Kasatkina (10): 6-1, 6-4
- Anastasia Potapova beat Beatriz Haddad Maia (13): 6-3, 6-0
- Eva Lys (Q) beat Irina-Camelia Begu (Q): 5-7, 7-5, 6-3
- Diana Shnaider (11) beat Magdalena Frech: 6-2, 6-2
- Emma Raducanu (WC) beat Maria Sakkari: 6-4, 6-2
- Elina Svitolina beat Anna Kalinskaya (15): 6-1, 6-2
- Karolina Muchova (14) beat Suzan Lamens (Q): 6-2, 6-2
- Marketa Vondrousova beat Caroline Garcia (WC): 6-2, 6-2
- Belinda Bencic beat Aoi Ito (Q): 6-0, 6-2
- Liudmila Samsonova beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova: 6-2, 6-2
- Linda Noskova beat Yulia Putintseva: 6-2, 7-6 (5)
- Sofia Kenin (WC) beat Donna Vekic (16): 7-5, 6-3
- Dayana Yastremska beat Magda Linette: 6-3, 7-5
- Elise Mertens beat Leylah Fernandez: 6-2, 6-2
- Paula Badosa (9) beat Lulu Sun: 6-3, 6-4
- Alycia Parks (Q) beat Xinyu Wang: 6-3, 6-3
