Dubai Open: Ostapenko makes second round

Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, the No 9 seed, won against Chinese qualifier Xiyu Wang 5-7, 6-2, 6-3 to reach the second round of the Dubai Open at The Aviation Club Tennis Centre on Monday.

Ostapenko, ranked No 9, will play the winner of the match between Spaniard Paula Badosa and Swiss wildcard Lulu Sun 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: monday
• 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