WTA Abu Dhabi Open: Linette beats wildcard Eala to end four-match losing streak

Pole Magda Linette advanced to the second round of the Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open by defeating Filipino wildcard Alexandra Eala 7-6 (4), 6-1 at the International Tennis Centre, Zayed Sports City on Tuesday.

Linette, ranked No 55, had lost her previous four matches on the tour and this was her first win since Brisbane in the first week of the season. The Pole will play Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia, the No 6 seed, next.

Abu Dhabi WTA 500, other first-round matches (International Tennis Centre, Zayed Sports City, hard, USD 922.573):

• 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 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
• Xinyu Wang vs. Cristina Bucsa