WTA Abu Dhabi: Bucsa advances to second round
Cristina Bucsa won against Xinyu Wang 5-7, 6-0, 6-3 on Tuesday and will play the winner of the match between qualifier Heather Watson and Russian Veronika Kudermetova, the No 9 seed, in the next round
Cristina Bucsa | © Zuma / Panoramic
Lucky loser Cristina Bucsa, from Spain, moved into the second round of the Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open by beating Chinese Xinyu Wang 5-7, 6-0, 6-3 at the International Tennis Centre, Zayed Sports City on Tuesday.
Bucsa, ranked No 74, will play the winner of the match between qualifier Heather Watson and Russian Veronika Kudermetova, the No 9 seed, next.
Abu Dhabi WTA 500, other first-round matches (International Tennis Centre, Zayed Sports City, hard, USD 922.573):
- Magda Linette beat Alexandra Eala (WC): 7-6 (4), 6-1
- Sara Sorribes Tormo (LL) beat Linda Noskova (Q): 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
- Emma Raducanu (WC) beat Marie Bouzkova: 6-4, 6-1
- Daria Kasatkina (7) beat Diane Parry (Q): 6-4, 5-7, 6-4
- Beatriz Haddad Maia (6) beat Xiyu Wang (WC): 6-2, 7-6 (4)
- Ashlyn Krueger (Q) beat Bernarda Pera (Q): 6-2, 5-7, 6-3
- Sorana Cirstea beat Caroline Garcia: 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-4
- Lesia Tsurenko vs. Liudmila Samsonova
- Anhelina Kalinina vs. Lucia Bronzetti
- Heather Watson vs. Veronika Kudermetova
- Naomi Osaka vs. Danielle Collins
