Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open: Kasatkina battles into second round

Russian Daria Kasatkina, the No 7 seed, edged out French qualifier Diane Parry 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 to move into the second round of the Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open at the International Tennis Centre, Zayed Sports City on Monday afternoon.

Kasatkina, ranked No 14, will face qualifier Ashlyn Krueger 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
• Beatriz Haddad Maia (6) beat Xiyu Wang (WC): 6-2, 7-6 (4)
• Ashlyn Krueger beat Bernarda Pera (Q): 6-2, 5-7, 6-3
• Sorana Cirstea beat Caroline Garcia: 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-4