Dubai Open: Cirstea advances to second round
Sorana Cirstea beat Sofia Kenin 6-3, 7-6 (2) on Sunday evening. She’ll play the winner of the match between Russian Veronika Kudermetova, the No 13 seed, and Ukrainian wildcard Dayana Yastremska in the next round
Sorana Cirstea at the 2023 US Open (Zuma/Panoramic)
Romanian Sorana Cirstea advanced to the second round of the Dubai Open by winning against American Sofia Kenin 6-3, 7-6 (2) at The Aviation Club Tennis Centre on Sunday evening.
Cirstea, ranked No 22, will face the winner of the match between Russian Veronika Kudermetova, the No 13 seed, and Ukrainian wildcard Dayana Yastremska next.
Dubai WTA 1000, other first-round results (The Aviation Club Tennis Centre, hard, USD 3.211.715, most recent results first):
- Daria Kasatkina vs. Lucia Bronzetti
- Anhelina Kalinina vs. Elina Svitolina
- Paula Badosa vs. Lulu Sun
- Viktoriya Tomova vs. Liudmila Samsonova
- Veronika Kudermetova vs. Dayana Yastremska
- Jelena Ostapenko vs. Xiyu Wang
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Marie Bouzkova
- Karolina Pliskova vs. Shuai Zhang
- Lin Zhu vs. Anastasia Potapova
- Arantxa Rus vs. Victoria Azarenka
- Petra Martic vs. Caroline Dolehide
- Leylah Fernandez vs. Bernarda Pera
- 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
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