Kessler Downs Anisimova to make the second round

Dubai WTA 1000, other results in the first round (The Aviation Club Tennis Center, Hard, USD 3,664,963, recent results first):

• Elina Avanesyan against Mirra Andreeva
• Ons Jabeur against Peyton Stearns
• Ekaterina Alexandrova against Veronika Kudermetova
• Moyuka Uchijima (Q) Beat Jelena Ostapenko: 6-3, 6-3
• Victoria Azarenka defeated Anhelina Kalinina: 2-6, 7-6 (4), 6-4
• Clara Tauson defeated Rebecca Sramkova: 7-6 (7), 6-0
• Marta Kostyuk defeated Katerina Siniakova (Q): 6-3, 6-4
• Sorana Cirtea (toilet) defeated Daria Kasatkina (10): 6-1, 6-4
• Anastasia Potapova defeated Beatriz Haddad Maia (13): 6-3, 6-0
• Eva Lys (Q) Beat Irina-Camelia Begu (Q): 5-7, 7-5, 6-3
• Diana Shraider (11) defeated Magdalena cheeky: 6-2, 6-2
• Emma Raducanu (toilet) defeated Maria Sakkari: 6-4, 6-2
• Elina Svitolina defeated Anna Kalinskaya (15): 6-1, 6-2
• Karolina Muchova (14) defeated Suzan Lamens (Q): 6-2, 6-2
• Marketa Vondrousova defeated Caroline Garcia (toilet): 6-2, 6-2
• Belinda Bencic Beat Aoi Ito (Q): 6-0, 6-2
• Liudmila Samsonova defeated Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova: 6-2, 6-2
• Linda Noskova defeated Yulia Putintseva: 6-2, 7-6 (5)
• Sofia Kenin (toilet) defeated Donna Vekic (16): 7-5, 6-3
• Dayana Yastremska Beat Magda Linette: 6-3, 7-5
• Elise Mertens defeated Leylah Fernandez: 6-2, 6-2
• Paula Badosa (9) Lulu Sun defeated: 6-3, 6-4
• Alycia Parks (Q) Beat Xinyu Wang: 6-3, 6-3