Dubai Open: Bronzetti books spot in second round

Italian lucky loser Lucia Bronzetti edged out Russian Daria Kasatkina, the No 10 seed, 7-6 (5), 4-6, 7-5 to advance to the second round of the Dubai Open at The Aviation Club Tennis Centre on Monday evening.

Bronzetti, ranked No 60, will play Russian Anastasia Potapova next.

Dubai WTA 1000, other first-round results (The Aviation Club Tennis Centre, hard, USD 3.211.715, most recent results first):

• Elina Svitolina (15) beat Anhelina Kalinina: 6-3, 7-6 (7)
• Lulu Sun (WC) beat Paula Badosa: 6-4 ret.
• Liudmila Samsonova (12) beat Viktoriya Tomova (Q): 7-6 (2), 6-3
• Veronika Kudermetova (13) beat Dayana Yastremska (WC): 6-0, 1-6, 6-0
• Jelena Ostapenko (9) beat Xiyu Wang (Q): 5-7, 6-2, 6-3
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova beat Marie Bouzkova: 6-4, 6-3
• Karolina Pliskova beat Shuai Zhang (WC): 6-3, 7-5
• Anastasia Potapova beat Lin Zhu: 4-6, 6-2, 6-4
• Victoria Azarenka beat Arantxa Rus: 6-2, 6-4
• Petra Martic beat Caroline Dolehide: 6-4, 7-6 (4)
• Leylah Fernandez beat Bernarda Pera (Q): 6-3, 6-2
• Sorana Cirstea beat Sofia Kenin: 6-3, 7-6 (2)
• Ashlyn Krueger (WC) beat Caroline Garcia (16): 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto (LL) beat Elise Mertens: 1-6, 6-3, 7-6 (3)
• Sloane Stephens beat Clara Burel (Q): 6-4, 1-6, 6-2
• Jasmine Paolini beat Beatriz Haddad Maia (11): 4-6, 6-4, 6-0
• Anna Kalinskaya (Q) beat Storm Hunter (Q): 6-1, 6-2
• Emma Navarro beat Katerina Siniakova: 4-6, 7-5, 6-4
• Donna Vekic beat Xinyu Wang: 6-2, 6-4
• Nao Hibino (Q) beat Magda Linette: 6-2, 3-6, 6-4
• Peyton Stearns beat Mirra Andreeva: 6-2, 2-6, 6-1
• Magdalena Frech (Q) beat Ekaterina Alexandrova (14): 7-6 (2), 6-3
• Tatjana Maria beat Varvara Gracheva: 6-2, 6-1