Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open: Bencic makes second round

Swiss wildcard Belinda Bencic advanced to the second round of the Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open by beating Slovak Rebecca Sramkova 6-2, 3-6, 6-1 at the International Tennis Centre, Zayed Sports City on Tuesday afternoon.

Bencic, ranked No 157, will play lucky loser Veronika Kudermetova next.

Abu Dhabi WTA 500, other first-round results (International Tennis Centre, Zayed Sports City, hard, USD 1.064.510, most recent results first):

• Ons Jabeur vs. Jelena Ostapenko
• Marketa Vondrousova vs. Emma Raducanu
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Sofia Kenin: tuesday
• Magda Linette beat Renata Zarazua (Q): 6-4, 7-6 (6)
• Linda Noskova beat Magdalena Frech: 6-0, 6-3
• Leylah Fernandez (8) beat Moyuka Uchijima (LL): 7-6 (3), 7-6
• Veronika Kudermetova beat Liudmila Samsonova (5): 5-7, 6-1, 7-6 (5)
• Lulu Sun beat Caroline Garcia (WC): 6-1, 6-3
• Katie Volynets (Q) beat Sonay Kartal (Q): 3-6, 6-4, 6-4
• Ashlyn Krueger beat McCartney Kessler (Q): 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-3
• Wakana Sonobe (Q) beat Yue Yuan: 6-4, 6-3