Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open: Haddad Maia moves into second round

Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia, the No 6 seed, won against Chinese wildcard Xiyu Wang 6-2, 7-6 (4) to advance to the second round of the Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open at the International Tennis Centre, Zayed Sports City on Monday afternoon.

Haddad Maia, ranked No 13, will face the winner of the match between Filipino wildcard Alexandra Eala and Pole Magda Linette next.

Abu Dhabi WTA 500, other first-round results (International Tennis Centre, Zayed Sports City, hard, USD 922.573, most recent results first):

• Lesia Tsurenko vs. Liudmila Samsonova
• Anhelina Kalinina vs. Lucia Bronzetti
• Heather Watson vs. Veronika Kudermetova
• Naomi Osaka vs. Danielle Collins
• Alexandra Eala vs. Magda Linette
• Xinyu Wang vs. Lin Zhu
• Sara Sorribes Tormo vs. Linda Noskova
• Marie Bouzkova vs. Emma Raducanu
• Daria Kasatkina vs. Diane Parry
• Ashlyn Krueger (Q) beat Bernarda Pera (Q): 6-2, 5-7, 6-3
• Sorana Cirstea beat Caroline Garcia: 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-4