Dubai Open: Paolini upsets Haddad Maia to book spot in second round

Italian Jasmine Paolini advanced to the second round of the Dubai Open by beating Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia, the No 11 seed, 4-6, 6-4, 6-0 at The Aviation Club Tennis Centre.

Paolini, ranked No 24, will face the winner of the match between Canadian Leylah Fernandez and American qualifier Bernarda Pera 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. Marta Kostyuk
• 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
• Sofia Kenin vs. Sorana Cirstea
• Ashlyn Krueger vs. Caroline Garcia
• Elise Mertens vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
• Sloane Stephens vs. Clara Burel: sunday
• 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