Qatar Open: Collins books spot in second round
Danielle Collins won against Elise Mertens 6-4, 7-6 (6) on Tuesday afternoon. She’ll play top seed Iga Swiatek in the next round
American Danielle Collins won against Belgian qualifier Elise Mertens 6-4, 7-6 (6) to reach the second round of the Qatar Open at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex in Doha on Tuesday afternoon.
Collins, ranked No 42, will play top seed Iga Swiatek next.
Doha WTA 500, other first-round results (Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex, hard, USD 780.637, most recent results first):
- Daria Kasatkina vs. Rebecca Marino
- Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Karolina Pliskova
- Maria Sakkari vs. Qinwen Zheng
- Paula Badosa vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
- Viktoriya Tomova vs. Belinda Bencic
- Sofia Kenin vs. Liudmila Samsonova
- Madison Keys vs. Jelena Ostapenko: tuesday
- Petra Kvitova beat Shuai Zhang: 7-5, 6-2
- Victoria Azarenka (WC) beat Ipek Oz (WC): 6-1, 6-1
- Veronika Kudermetova (8) beat Barbora Krejcikova: 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (5)
- Karolina Muchova beat Martina Trevisan: 6-2, 6-2
