Dubai Open: Azarenka recovers to beat Kalinina and move into second round

Belarusian Victoria Azarenka edged out Ukrainian Anhelina Kalinina 2-6, 7-6 (4), 6-4 to advance to the second round of the Dubai Open at The Aviation Club Tennis Centre.

Azarenka, ranked No 34, will play second seed Iga Swiatek 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: monday
• McCartney Kessler beat Amanda Anisimova: 6-2, 6-3
• Moyuka Uchijima (Q) beat Jelena Ostapenko: 6-3, 6-3
• Clara Tauson beat Rebecca Sramkova: 7-6 (7), 6-0
• Marta Kostyuk beat Katerina Siniakova (Q): 6-3, 6-4
• Sorana Cirstea (WC) beat Daria Kasatkina (10): 6-1, 6-4
• Anastasia Potapova beat Beatriz Haddad Maia (13): 6-3, 6-0
• Eva Lys (Q) beat Irina-Camelia Begu (Q): 5-7, 7-5, 6-3
• Diana Shnaider (11) beat Magdalena Frech: 6-2, 6-2
• 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