Dubai Open: Maria sweeps past Gracheva to move into second round

German Tatjana Maria defeated Frenchwoman Varvara Gracheva 6-2, 6-1 to move into the second round of the Dubai Open at The Aviation Club Tennis Centre.

Maria, ranked No 50, will face the winner of the match between Anhelina Kalinina and No 15 seed Elina Svitolina next.

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

• Veronika Kudermetova vs. Dayana Yastremska
• Viktoriya Tomova vs. Liudmila Samsonova
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Marie Bouzkova
• Arantxa Rus vs. Victoria Azarenka
• Petra Martic vs. Caroline Dolehide
• Leylah Fernandez vs. Bernarda Pera
• Paula Badosa vs. Lulu Sun
• Jelena Ostapenko vs. Xiyu Wang
• Karolina Pliskova vs. Shuai Zhang
• Lin Zhu vs. Anastasia Potapova
• Daria Kasatkina vs. Marta Kostyuk
• Anhelina Kalinina vs. Elina Svitolina
• Sofia Kenin vs. Sorana Cirstea
• Ashlyn Krueger vs. Caroline Garcia
• Elise Mertens vs. Lesia Tsurenko
• Jasmine Paolini vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
• Anna Kalinskaya vs. Storm Hunter
• Sloane Stephens vs. Clara Burel
• Xinyu Wang vs. Donna Vekic
• Katerina Siniakova vs. Emma Navarro
• Nao Hibino vs. Magda Linette
• Mirra Andreeva vs. Peyton Stearns: sunday
• Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Magdalena Frech: sunday