Dubai Open: Potapova through to second round
Anastasia Potapova edged out Lin Zhu 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 on Monday night and will face the winner of the match between Russian Daria Kasatkina, the No 10 seed, and Italian lucky loser Lucia Bronzetti in the next round
Anastasia Potapova at the 2023 San Diego Open (Image Credit: AI / Reuters / Panoramic)
Russian Anastasia Potapova advanced to the second round of the Dubai Open by edging out Chinese Lin Zhu 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 at The Aviation Club Tennis Centre on Monday.
Potapova, ranked No 35, will play the winner of the match between Russian Daria Kasatkina, the No 10 seed, and Italian lucky loser Lucia Bronzetti next.
Dubai WTA 1000, other first-round matches (The Aviation Club Tennis Centre, hard, USD 3,211,715):
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova beat Marie Bouzkova: 6-4, 6-3
- Karolina Pliskova beat Shuai Zhang (WC): 6-3, 7-5
- 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
- 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
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