Dubai Open: Cirstea books spot in second round

Romanian wildcard Sorana Cirstea won against Russian Daria Kasatkina, the No 10 seed, 6-1, 6-4 to reach the second round of the Dubai Open at The Aviation Club Tennis Centre on Monday.

Cirstea, ranked No 89, will play American qualifier Alycia Parks 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
• Rebecca Sramkova vs. Clara Tauson
• Katerina Siniakova vs. Marta Kostyuk
• 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 beat Xinyu Wang: 6-3, 6-3

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