Dubai Open: Samsonova breezes past Pavlyuchenkova to reach second round

Liudmila Samsonova reached the second round of the Dubai Open by winning against Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-2, 6-2 at The Aviation Club Tennis Centre.

Samsonova, ranked No 23, will play No 5 seed Jessica Pegula next.

Dubai WTA 1000, other first-round results (The Aviation Club Tennis Centre, hard, USD 3.664.963, most recent results first):

• Victoria Azarenka vs. Anhelina Kalinina
• Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Anastasia Potapova
• Elina Avanesyan vs. Mirra Andreeva
• Ons Jabeur vs. Peyton Stearns
• Eva Lys vs. Irina-Camelia Begu
• Katerina Siniakova vs. Marta Kostyuk
• Moyuka Uchijima vs. Jelena Ostapenko
• Daria Kasatkina vs. Sorana Cirstea
• McCartney Kessler vs. Amanda Anisimova
• Diana Shnaider vs. Magdalena Frech
• Rebecca Sramkova vs. Clara Tauson
• Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Veronika Kudermetova
• Maria Sakkari vs. Emma Raducanu
• Elina Svitolina vs. Anna Kalinskaya
• Suzan Lamens vs. Karolina Muchova
• Marketa Vondrousova vs. Caroline Garcia
• Belinda Bencic beat Aoi Ito (Q): 6-0, 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