Belinda Bencic smashed Viktoriya Tomova (Bulgaria) by 2-0 (6:0, 6:1) to qualify for the second round of the WTA 500 Qatar TotalEnergies Open in Doha. The Swiss, who is Tokyo 2020 Olympics champion, needed only one hour to overcome the Bulgarian qualifier.
In the next round, Belinda Bencic will face Victoria Azarenka (Belarus).
The American tennis player Danielle Collins defeated Elise Mertens (Belgium) by 2-0 (6:4; 7:6) and in the second round will face the top-seeded Iga Swiatek.
Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic) needed only 76 minutes to eliminate Shuai Zhang (China) by 2-0 (7:5, 6:2) and in the second round will play versus the fourth-seeded Cori Coco Gauff (USA).
The 2020 Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin, who is currently the world’s No 210, defeated the world’s No 15 Liudmila Samsonova by 2-0 (6:3, 6:1) in 1:28 hours of play.
Jelena Ostapenko (Latvia) continues with her stable performance from the beginning of the season and defeated Madison Keys (USA) by 2-0 (7:5, 6:2).
The Brazilian player Beatriz Haddad Maia defeated Paula Badosa (Spain) by 2-0 (7:6, 6:3) and in the next round will face the 6th-seeded Daria Kasatkina (Russia), who defeated Rebecca Marino (Canada) by 2-0 (7:6, 6:2).
Maria Sakkari (Greece), who is 5th-seeded, had a hard match versus Qinwen Zheng (China) but finally won by 2-1 (6:2, 3:6, 6:3). In the next round, she will face Ekaterina Alexandrova (Russia), who defeated Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) by 2-0 (6:1, 6:2).
