Dubai Open: Raducanu ends losing run with victory over Sakkari, moves into second round

Emma Raducanu defeated Greek Maria Sakkari 6-4, 6-2 to move into the second round of the Dubai Open at The Aviation Club Tennis Centre.

It is the Briton’s first win since the second round of the Australian Open last month, as she earns her third straight-set win over Sakkari.

Raducanu had been on a four-match losing run – the longest losing streak of her career – falling in the first rounds of Singapore, Abu Dhabi and Doha before arresting that run in Dubai.

Raducanu, ranked No 60, will play No 14 seed Karolina Muchova 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
• Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Anastasia Potapova
• Eva Lys vs. Irina-Camelia Begu
• Diana Shnaider vs. Magdalena Frech
• Elina Svitolina beat Anna Kalinskaya (15): 6-1, 6-2
• Karolina Muchova 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