Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open: Krueger reaches second round

Qualifier Ashlyn Krueger advanced to the second round of the Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open by defeating qualifier Bernarda Pera 6-2, 5-7, 6-3 at the International Tennis Centre, Zayed Sports City on Monday.

Krueger, ranked No 82, will face the winner of the match between Russian Daria Kasatkina, the No 7 seed, and French qualifier Diane Parry 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
• Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Xiyu Wang: monday
• Sorana Cirstea beat Caroline Garcia: 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-4