Dubai Open: Wildcard Krueger stuns struggling Garcia to book spot in second round

American wildcard Ashlyn Krueger moved into the second round of the Dubai Open by winning against Frenchwoman Caroline Garcia, the No 16 seed, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 at The Aviation Club Tennis Centre.

Krueger, ranked No 74, will face the winner of the match between Karolina Pliskova and Chinese wildcard Shuai Zhang next.

Dubai WTA 1000, other first-round results (The Aviation Club Tennis Centre, hard, USD 3.211.715, most recent results first):

• 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
• Karolina Pliskova vs. Shuai Zhang
• Lin Zhu vs. Anastasia Potapova
• Arantxa Rus vs. Victoria Azarenka
• Petra Martic vs. Caroline Dolehide
• Leylah Fernandez vs. Bernarda Pera
• Sofia Kenin vs. Sorana Cirstea
• 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