Qatar Open: Pliskova advances to second round

Karolina Pliskova edged out Anna Kalinskaya 2-6, 7-6 (3), 6-4 on Monday evening. She’ll play Russian Anastasia Potapova in the next round

Karolina Pliskova Karolina Pliskova at the 2023 Western and Southern Open (Zuma/Panoramic)
Qatar Total Energies Open •Second round • completed
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Karolina Pliskova edged out Russian wildcard Anna Kalinskaya 2-6, 7-6 (3), 6-4 to move into the second round of the Qatar Open at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex in Doha on Monday evening.

Pliskova, ranked No 59, will face Russian Anastasia Potapova next.

Yesterday, the Czech beat Ana Bogdan to lift the Cluj-Napoca title.

Doha WTA 1000, other first-round results (Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex, hard, USD 3.211.715, most recent results first):

  • Xinyu Wang beat Beatriz Haddad Maia (10): 6-1, 6-3
  • Naomi Osaka beat Caroline Garcia (15): 7-5, 6-4
  • Linda Noskova beat Bernarda Pera (Q): 6-3, 7-6 (8)
  • Marie Bouzkova beat Sofia Kenin: 7-5, 2-6, 7-5
  • Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova beat Daria Kasatkina (11): 6-2, 7-6 (2)
  • Magda Linette beat Nao Hibino (Q): 6-1, 6-4
  • Anastasia Potapova beat Martina Trevisan (LL): 6-4, 6-4
  • Petra Martic beat Arantxa Rus: 7-5, 3-6, 7-6 (5)
  • Victoria Azarenka beat Magdalena Frech (Q): 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
  • Leylah Fernandez beat Liudmila Samsonova (12): 7-5, 7-6 (4)
  • Paula Badosa (WC) beat Ashlyn Krueger (Q): 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
  • Elise Mertens beat Peyton Stearns: 6-2, 6-3
  • Emma Navarro (16) beat Jasmine Paolini: 6-3, 7-5
  • Anhelina Kalinina beat Emma Raducanu (WC): 6-0, 7-6 (6)
  • Lin Zhu beat Varvara Gracheva: 6-1, 6-1
  • Sorana Cirstea beat Sloane Stephens: 6-3, 6-2
  • Erika Andreeva (Q) beat Diana Shnaider (Q): 7-6 (2), 6-4
  • Greet Minnen (Q) beat Tatjana Maria: 6-1, 6-1
  • Danielle Collins (Q) beat Veronika Kudermetova (13): 7-5, 6-3
  • Katerina Siniakova beat Donna Vekic: 7-5, 6-1
  • Ekaterina Alexandrova (14) beat Viktoriya Tomova (LL): 7-6 (5), 6-3
  • Marta Kostyuk beat Caroline Dolehide: 6-3, 7-5
  • Lesia Tsurenko beat Zeynep Sonmez (WC): 7-5, 6-3

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