Dubai Open: Samsonova books spot in second round

Russian Liudmila Samsonova, the No 12 seed, advanced to the second round of the Dubai Open by winning against Bulgarian qualifier Viktoriya Tomova 7-6 (2), 6-3 at The Aviation Club Tennis Centre on Monday.

Samsonova, ranked No 15, will face Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 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
• Veronika Kudermetova (13) beat Dayana Yastremska (WC): 6-0, 1-6, 6-0
• Jelena Ostapenko (9) beat Xiyu Wang (Q): 5-7, 6-2, 6-3
• 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