Qatar Open: Bucsa upsets Kalinskaya to reach round two

Posted by author February 9, 2025 World

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Spanish qualifier Cristina Bucsa advanced to the second round of the Qatar Open by edging out Russian Anna Kalinskaya, the No 14 seed, 6-7 (3), 7-5, 6-4 at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex in Doha on Sunday afternoon.

Bucsa, ranked No 98, will play Belgian Elise Mertens 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
Emma Raducanu vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
Magdalena Frech vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
Elina Avanesyan vs. Xinyu Wang
Katie Volynets vs. Mirra Andreeva
Liudmila Samsonova vs. Lulu Sun: sunday
Marta Kostyuk vs. Zeynep Sonmez: sunday
Leylah Fernandez beat Greet Minnen (Q): 6-1, 6-2
Elise Mertens beat Clara Tauson: 6-0 ret.
Maria Sakkari beat Elena-Gabriela Ruse (Q): 4-6, 6-3, 4-0 ret.
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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