Qatar Open: Haddad Maia reaches second round

Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia won against Spaniard Paula Badosa 7-6 (6), 6-3 to advance to the second round of the Qatar Open at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex in Doha on Tuesday evening.

Haddad Maia, ranked No 12, will play the winner of the match between Russian Daria Kasatkina, the No 6 seed, and Canadian qualifier Rebecca Marino 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
• Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Karolina Pliskova
• Maria Sakkari vs. Qinwen Zheng: tuesday
• 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