Qatar Open: Alexandrova reaches second round
Ekaterina Alexandrova beat Karolina Pliskova 6-1, 6-2 on Tuesday evening and will play Greek Maria Sakkari, the No 5 seed, in the next round
Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova beat Czech qualifier Karolina Pliskova 6-1, 6-2 to move into the second round of the Qatar Open at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex in Doha on Tuesday evening.
Alexandrova, ranked No 18, will face Greek Maria Sakkari, the No 5 seed, next.
Doha WTA 500, other first-round results (Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex, hard, USD 780.637, most recent results first):
- Daria Kasatkina vs. Rebecca Marino: tuesday
- Maria Sakkari beat Qinwen Zheng: 6-2, 3-6, 6-3
- Beatriz Haddad Maia beat Paula Badosa: 7-6 (6), 6-3
- Belinda Bencic (7) beat Viktoriya Tomova (Q): 6-0, 6-1
- Sofia Kenin (WC) beat Liudmila Samsonova: 6-3, 6-1
- Jelena Ostapenko beat Madison Keys: 7-5, 6-2
- Petra Kvitova beat Shuai Zhang: 7-5, 6-2
- Danielle Collins beat Elise Mertens (Q): 6-4, 7-6 (6)
- Victoria Azarenka (WC) beat Ipek Oz (WC): 6-1, 6-1
- Veronika Kudermetova (8) beat Barbora Krejcikova: 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (5)
- Karolina Muchova beat Martina Trevisan: 6-2, 6-2
