WTA Abu Dhabi: Sorribes Tormo into second round, faces Krejcikova next

Spanish lucky loser Sara Sorribes Tormo defeated qualifier Linda Noskova 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 to advance to the second round of the Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open at the International Tennis Centre, Zayed Sports City on Tuesday night.

Sorribes Tormo, ranked No 54 in the world, will face No 4 seed Barbora Krejcikova next.

Abu Dhabi WTA 500, first-round matches (International Tennis Centre, Zayed Sports City, hard, USD 922,573):

• Emma Raducanu (WC) beat Marie Bouzkova: 6-4, 6-1
• Daria Kasatkina (7) beat Diane Parry (Q): 6-4, 5-7, 6-4
• Beatriz Haddad Maia (6) beat Xiyu Wang (WC): 6-2, 7-6 (4)
• Ashlyn Krueger (Q) beat Bernarda Pera (Q): 6-2, 5-7, 6-3
• Sorana Cirstea beat Caroline Garcia: 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-4
• Lesia Tsurenko vs. Liudmila Samsonova
• Anhelina Kalinina vs. Lucia Bronzetti
• Heather Watson vs. Veronika Kudermetova
• Naomi Osaka vs. Danielle Collins
• Xinyu Wang vs. Cristina Bucsa
• Alexandra Eala vs. Magda Linette

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