Qatar Open: Putintseva defeats qualifier Uchijima to reach second round

Kazakh Yulia Putintseva won against Japanese qualifier Moyuka Uchijima 6-2, 6-7 (5), 6-3 to reach the second round of the Qatar Open at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex in Doha.

Putintseva, ranked No 20, will face Linda Noskova next.

Doha WTA 1000, other first-round results (Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex, hard, USD 3.664.963, most recent results first):

• Paula Badosa vs. Katerina Siniakova
• McCartney Kessler vs. Ons Jabeur
• Marketa Vondrousova vs. Elina Svitolina
• Dayana Yastremska vs. Peyton Stearns
• Daria Kasatkina (10) beat Polina Kudermetova (LL): 6-0, 6-0
• Jelena Ostapenko beat Aoi Ito (Q): 6-2, 6-1
• Veronika Kudermetova vs. Magda Linette: monday
• Linda Noskova beat Donna Vekic (15): 6-2, 6-4
• Rebecca Sramkova beat Anhelina Kalinina: 6-2, 6-3
• Sofia Kenin (WC) beat Ashlyn Krueger: 6-4, 6-4
• Amanda Anisimova beat Victoria Azarenka: 6-3, 7-5
• Ekaterina Alexandrova beat Emma Raducanu (WC): 6-3, 7-5
• Magdalena Frech beat Beatriz Haddad Maia (13): 6-4, 3-6, 6-2
• Elina Avanesyan beat Xinyu Wang: 7-6 (3), 1-6, 7-6 (5)
• Mirra Andreeva (12) beat Katie Volynets (Q): 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-4
• Liudmila Samsonova (16) beat Lulu Sun: 6-3, 6-3
• Marta Kostyuk beat Zeynep Sonmez (WC): 6-3, 6-3
• Leylah Fernandez beat Greet Minnen (Q): 6-1, 6-2
• Elise Mertens beat Clara Tauson: 6-0 ret.
• Maria Sakkari beat Elena-Gabriela Ruse (Q): 4-6, 6-3, 4-0 ret.
• Cristina Bucsa (Q) beat Anna Kalinskaya (14): 6-7 (3), 7-5, 6-4
• Caroline Garcia (WC) beat Yue Yuan: 6-1, 7-6 (5)
• Alycia Parks (Q) beat Diana Shnaider (11): 6-4, 7-6 (2)