Samsonova outlasts Badosa in 3hr, 22-minute epic to reach second round in Dubai
Liudmila Samsonova edged out Paula Badosa 6-7 (3), 7-6 (5), 6-4 on Sunday. She’ll face Qinwen Zheng in the next round
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Russian Liudmila Samsonova, the No 14 seed, edged out Spaniard Paula Badosa 6-7 (3), 7-6 (5), 6-4 to move into the second round of the Dubai Duty Free Championships at The Aviation Club Tennis Centre on Sunday afternoon.
Samsonova, ranked No 15, will face Qinwen Zheng next.
Dubai WTA 1000, other first-round results (The Aviation Club Tennis Centre, hard, USD 2.788.468, most recent results first):
- Elena Rybakina vs. Bianca Andreescu
- Jelena Ostapenko vs. Katarina Zavatska
- Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Shelby Rogers
- Petra Martic vs. Yulia Putintseva
- Aliaksandra Sasnovich vs. Rebeka Masarova
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Victoria Azarenka
- Jil Teichmann vs. Anastasia Potapova
- Karolina Muchova vs. Bernarda Pera
- Karolina Pliskova vs. Marketa Vondrousova
- Laura Siegemund vs. Ana Bogdan
- Sorana Cirstea vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
- Veronika Kudermetova vs. Anhelina Kalinina
- Ipek Oz vs. Marta Kostyuk
- Julia Grabher vs. Leylah Fernandez
- Linda Fruhvirtova (WC) beat Danielle Collins: 6-3, 6-4
- Amanda Anisimova beat Vera Zvonareva (WC): 6-3, 6-2
- Viktoriya Tomova (Q) beat Kaia Kanepi: 6-3, 6-1
- Marie Bouzkova beat Sofia Kenin (WC): 6-1, 6-1
- Qinwen Zheng beat Shuai Zhang: 6-3, 6-1
- Petra Kvitova (12) beat Martina Trevisan: 6-2, 6-1
- Barbora Krejcikova beat Irina-Camelia Begu: 6-4, 6-2
- Madison Keys beat Jasmine Paolini (Q): 6-1, 6-1
- Dayana Yastremska (Q) beat Alize Cornet: 6-2, 6-3
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