Dubai Open: Pliskova wins 10th match in a row to reach second round

Karolina Pliskova advanced to the second round of the Dubai Open by winning against Chinese wildcard Shuai Zhang 6-3, 7-5 at The Aviation Club Tennis Centre on Monday.

The win was the 10th in a row, excluding walkovers, for the former world No 1. Pliskova won the WTA event in Cluj-Napioca earlier this month and then won four matches to reach the semis in Doha last week before giving Iga Swiatek a walkover into the final.

Pliskova, ranked No 36, will play American wildcard Ashlyn Krueger next.

Dubai WTA 1000, other first-round results (The Aviation Club Tennis Centre, hard, USD 3,211,715):

• Victoria Azarenka beat Arantxa Rus: 6-2, 6-4
• Petra Martic beat Caroline Dolehide: 6-4, 7-6 (4)
• Leylah Fernandez beat Bernarda Pera (Q): 6-3, 6-2
• Sorana Cirstea beat Sofia Kenin: 6-3, 7-6 (2)
• Ashlyn Krueger beat Caroline Garcia (16): 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto (LL) beat Elise Mertens: 1-6, 6-3, 7-6 (3)
• Sloane Stephens beat Clara Burel (Q): 6-4, 1-6, 6-2
• Jasmine Paolini beat Beatriz Haddad Maia (11): 4-6, 6-4, 6-0
• Anna Kalinskaya (Q) beat Storm Hunter (Q): 6-1, 6-2
• Emma Navarro beat Katerina Siniakova: 4-6, 7-5, 6-4
• Donna Vekic beat Xinyu Wang: 6-2, 6-4
• Nao Hibino (Q) beat Magda Linette: 6-2, 3-6, 6-4
• Peyton Stearns beat Mirra Andreeva: 6-2, 2-6, 6-1
• Magdalena Frech (Q) beat Ekaterina Alexandrova (14): 7-6 (2), 6-3
• Tatjana Maria beat Varvara Gracheva: 6-2, 6-1
• Daria Kasatkina vs. Lucia Bronzetti
• Anhelina Kalinina vs. Elina Svitolina
• Paula Badosa vs. Lulu Sun
• Viktoriya Tomova vs. Liudmila Samsonova
• Veronika Kudermetova vs. Dayana Yastremska
• Jelena Ostapenko vs. Xiyu Wang
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Marie Bouzkova
• Lin Zhu vs. Anastasia Potapova

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