Dubai Open: Potapova reaches second round

Russian Anastasia Potapova reached the second round of the Dubai Open by winning against Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia, the No 13 seed, 6-3, 6-0 at The Aviation Club Tennis Centre on Monday.

Potapova, ranked No 33, will play Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska next.

Dubai WTA 1000, other first-round results (The Aviation Club Tennis Centre, hard, USD 3.664.963, most recent results first):

• Elina Avanesyan vs. Mirra Andreeva
• Ons Jabeur vs. Peyton Stearns
• Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Veronika Kudermetova
• McCartney Kessler vs. Amanda Anisimova
• Victoria Azarenka vs. Anhelina Kalinina
• Moyuka Uchijima vs. Jelena Ostapenko
• Katerina Siniakova vs. Marta Kostyuk
• Daria Kasatkina vs. Sorana Cirstea
• Rebecca Sramkova vs. Clara Tauson
• Eva Lys vs. Irina-Camelia Begu
• Diana Shnaider vs. Magdalena Frech
• Emma Raducanu (WC) beat Maria Sakkari: 6-4, 6-2
• Elina Svitolina beat Anna Kalinskaya (15): 6-1, 6-2
• Karolina Muchova (14) beat Suzan Lamens (Q): 6-2, 6-2
• Marketa Vondrousova beat Caroline Garcia (WC): 6-2, 6-2
• Belinda Bencic beat Aoi Ito (Q): 6-0, 6-2
• Liudmila Samsonova beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova: 6-2, 6-2
• Linda Noskova beat Yulia Putintseva: 6-2, 7-6 (5)
• Sofia Kenin (WC) beat Donna Vekic (16): 7-5, 6-3
• Dayana Yastremska beat Magda Linette: 6-3, 7-5
• Elise Mertens beat Leylah Fernandez: 6-2, 6-2
• Paula Badosa (9) beat Lulu Sun: 6-3, 6-4
• Alycia Parks (Q) beat Xinyu Wang: 6-3, 6-3

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