Qatar Open: Mertens books spot in second round
Elise Mertens benefited from the abandonment of Clara Tauson (6-0) on Sunday. She’ll face the winner of the match between Spanish qualifier Cristina Bucsa and Russian Anna Kalinskaya, the No 14 seed, in the next round
Elise Mertens, 2024 – © Action Plus / Panoramic
Belgian Elise Mertens reached the second round of the Qatar Open when Dane Clara Tauson retired on Sunday at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex in Doha.
Mertens, ranked No 31, led 6-0 when Tauson, ranked No 34, pulled out on Sunday afternoon at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex in Doha.
The Belgian will face the winner of the match between Spanish qualifier Cristina Bucsa and Russian Anna Kalinskaya, the No 14 seed, next.
Doha WTA 1000, other first-round results (Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex, hard, USD 3.664.963, most recent results first):
- Yulia Putintseva vs. Moyuka Uchijima
- Donna Vekic vs. Linda Noskova
- Anhelina Kalinina vs. Rebecca Sramkova
- Dayana Yastremska vs. Peyton Stearns
- Aoi Ito vs. Jelena Ostapenko
- Ashlyn Krueger vs. Sofia Kenin
- McCartney Kessler vs. Ons Jabeur
- Paula Badosa vs. Katerina Siniakova
- Veronika Kudermetova vs. Magda Linette
- Marketa Vondrousova vs. Elina Svitolina
- Daria Kasatkina vs. Polina Kudermetova
- Amanda Anisimova vs. Victoria Azarenka
- Magdalena Frech vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
- Elina Avanesyan vs. Xinyu Wang
- Emma Raducanu vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
- Liudmila Samsonova vs. Lulu Sun
- Katie Volynets vs. Mirra Andreeva
- Marta Kostyuk vs. Zeynep Sonmez
- Greet Minnen vs. Leylah Fernandez: sunday
- Maria Sakkari vs. Elena-Gabriela Ruse: sunday
- Cristina Bucsa vs. Anna Kalinskaya: sunday
- Caroline Garcia (WC) beat Yue Yuan: 6-1, 7-6 (5)
- Alycia Parks (Q) beat Diana Shnaider (11): 6-4, 7-6 (2)
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