Qatar Open: Kenin advances to second round
Sofia Kenin defeated Liudmila Samsonova 6-3, 6-1 on Tuesday afternoon. She’ll face Russian Veronika Kudermetova, the No 8 seed, in the next round
American wildcard Sofia Kenin beat Russian Liudmila Samsonova 6-3, 6-1 to advance to the second round of the Qatar Open at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex in Doha on Tuesday afternoon.
Kenin, ranked No 210, will face Russian Veronika Kudermetova, the No 8 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
- Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Karolina Pliskova
- Maria Sakkari vs. Qinwen Zheng
- Paula Badosa vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
- Viktoriya Tomova vs. Belinda Bencic: tuesday
- 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 beat Barbora Krejcikova: 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (5)
- Karolina Muchova beat Martina Trevisan: 6-2, 6-2
