Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open: Pavlyuchenkova ousts Kenin to make second round

Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, the No 6 seed, beat American qualifier Sofia Kenin 6-3, 6-1 to advance to the second round of the Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open at the International Tennis Centre, Zayed Sports City on Tuesday.

Pavlyuchenkova, ranked No 26, will face Pole Magda Linette 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
• Belinda Bencic (WC) beat Rebecca Sramkova: 6-2, 3-6, 6-1
• 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 (LL) 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