Alexandrova gains revenge on Raducanu in round one in Qatar

Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova gained revenge over Emma Raducanu for her defeat by the Briton at the Australian Open as she beat the Briton 6-3, 7-5 to reach round two of the Qatar Open at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex in Doha on Sunday evening.

Raducanu led 3-1 in the first set and had points for a double break but was pegged back by Linz champion Alexandrova, the world No 25, who will now face top seed Aryna Sabalenka.

Former US Open champion Raducanu beat Alexandrova in the first round in Melbourne last month.

Doha WTA 1000, other first-round results (Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex, hard, USD 3.664.963, most recent results first):

• Paula Badosa vs. Katerina Siniakova
• McCartney Kessler vs. Ons Jabeur
• Marketa Vondrousova vs. Elina Svitolina
• Dayana Yastremska vs. Peyton Stearns
• Aoi Ito vs. Jelena Ostapenko
• Veronika Kudermetova vs. Magda Linette
• Daria Kasatkina vs. Polina Kudermetova
• Yulia Putintseva vs. Moyuka Uchijima
• Donna Vekic vs. Linda Noskova
• Anhelina Kalinina vs. Rebecca Sramkova
• Ashlyn Krueger vs. Sofia Kenin
• Amanda Anisimova vs. Victoria Azarenka
• Magdalena Frech beat Beatriz Haddad Maia (13): 6-4, 3-6, 6-2
• Elina Avanesyan beat Xinyu Wang: 7-6 (3), 1-6, 7-6 (5)
• Mirra Andreeva (12) beat Katie Volynets (Q): 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-4
• Liudmila Samsonova (16) beat Lulu Sun: 6-3, 6-3
• Marta Kostyuk beat Zeynep Sonmez (WC): 6-3, 6-3
• Leylah Fernandez beat Greet Minnen (Q): 6-1, 6-2
• Elise Mertens beat Clara Tauson: 6-0 ret.
• Maria Sakkari beat Elena-Gabriela Ruse (Q): 4-6, 6-3, 4-0 ret.
• Cristina Bucsa (Q) beat Anna Kalinskaya (14): 6-7 (3), 7-5, 6-4
• Caroline Garcia (WC) beat Yue Yuan: 6-1, 7-6 (5)
• Alycia Parks (Q) beat Diana Shnaider (11): 6-4, 7-6 (2)