Linda Noskova advanced to the second round of the Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open by winning against Pole Magdalena Frech 6-0, 6-3 at the International Tennis Centre, Zayed Sports City on Tuesday.
Noskova, ranked No 39, will face second seed Paula Badosa next.
Abu Dhabi WTA 500, other first-round results (International Tennis Centre, Zayed Sports City, hard, USD 1.064.510, most recent results first):
- Ons Jabeur vs. Jelena Ostapenko
- Marketa Vondrousova vs. Emma Raducanu
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Sofia Kenin
- Renata Zarazua vs. Magda Linette
- Belinda Bencic vs. Rebecca Sramkova
- Leylah Fernandez vs. Moyuka Uchijima: tuesday
- Veronika Kudermetova (LL) beat Liudmila Samsonova (5): 5-7, 6-1, 7-6 (5)
- Lulu Sun beat Caroline Garcia (WC): 6-1, 6-3
- Katie Volynets (Q) beat Sonay Kartal (Q): 3-6, 6-4, 6-4
- Ashlyn Krueger beat McCartney Kessler (Q): 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-3
- Wakana Sonobe (Q) beat Yue Yuan: 6-4, 6-3