Dubai Open: Kessler downs Doha champ Anisimova to move into second round

McCartney Kessler beat Amanda Anisimova 6-2, 6-3 to reach the second round of the Dubai Open at The Aviation Club Tennis Centre.

Kessler, ranked No 53, will face No 3 seed Coco Gauff 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
• Moyuka Uchijima (Q) beat Jelena Ostapenko: 6-3, 6-3
• Victoria Azarenka beat Anhelina Kalinina: 2-6, 7-6 (4), 6-4
• 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