Jaqueline Cristian ended the second day of action at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships with a swift 6-1, 6-1 victory over Petra Marcinko, last minute substitute for Victoria Mboko, on Monday evening.<\/p>\n
The 27-year-old Romanian, ranked No 39, closed out the night\u2019s play at the Aviation Club with a clinical display that lasted just over an hour.<\/p>\n
Cristian was originally set for a high-profile opening-round clash against Victoria Mboko, the 11th seed and recent Doha runner-up. However, the 19-year-old Canadian was forced to withdraw from the tournament earlier on Monday due to a right elbow injury, preventing her from making her anticipated Dubai debut following her rise into the world\u2019s top 10.<\/p>\n
Mboko\u2019s absence opened a spot for lucky loser Petra Marcinko. The 20-year-old Croat, ranked No 69, struggled to find her footing after being called into the main draw on short notice.<\/p>\n
With this win, Cristian advances to the round of 32 where she will face Ella Seidel. The 21-year-old German reached the second round after defeating Spain\u2019s Cristina Bucsa in straight sets.<\/p>\n
Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships 1st round<\/p>\n
E. Rybakina (1) \u2013 Bye
K. Birrell (Q) \u2013 T. Maria: 6-4, 3-6, 7-5
A. Ruzic (LL) \u2013 E. Raducanu: 6-1, 5-7, 6-2
A. Zakharova (Q) \u2013 M. Uchijima (Q): 6-2, 6-4
B. Bencic (9) \u2013 J. Bouzas Maneiro: 2-6, 6-1, 6-2
S. Bejlek (WC) \u2013 Z. Sonmez (WC): 6-2, 6-2
P. Badosa \u2013 K. Siniakova: 6-3, 7-5
E. Svitolina (7) \u2013 Bye
C. Gauff (3) \u2013 Bye
A. Kalinskaya \u2013 J. Ostapenko: 2-6, 6-1, 6-4
E. Mertens \u2013 M. Bouzkova: 6-2, 6-2
E. Navarro (14) \u2013 E. Ruse (Q): 6-4, 7-5
L. Noskova (10) \u2013 A. Li: 6-3, 5-7, 6-4
S. Cirstea \u2013 A. Sasnovich (Q): 6-3, 7-6[6]
A. Eala (WC) \u2013 H. Baptiste (LL): 6-4, 0-1 Ret
J. Paolini (6) \u2013 Bye
E. Alexandrova (8) \u2013 Bye
M. Linette \u2013 L. Sun (WC): 4-6, 6-4, 6-1
P. Stearns (LL) \u2013 M. Frech (LL): 6-4, 6-2
C. Tauson (12) \u2013 S. Kenin: 7-6[4], 6-2
I. Jovic (16) \u2013 K. Rakhimova (LL): 6-1, 1-6, 6-1
D. Shnaider \u2013 M. Joint (LL): 6-4, 6-1
V. Gracheva (Q) \u2013 R. Sramkova (Q): 7-5, 1-6, 6-4
J. Pegula (4) \u2013 Bye
M. Andreeva (5) \u2013 Bye
D. Kasatkina \u2013 L. Siegemund: 6-2, 6-3
E. Seidel (Q) \u2013 C. Bucsa: 6-1, 6-4
J. Cristian \u2013 P. Marcinko (WC): 6-1, 6-1
L. Fernandez \u2013 L. Samsonova (13): 5-7, 7-5, 6-3
J. Tjen (WC) \u2013 D. Yastremska: 6-4, 6-1
B. Krejcikova \u2013 A. Pavlyuchenkova: 6-4, 6-4
A. Anisimova (2) \u2013 Bye<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jaqueline Cristian ended the second day of action at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships with a swift…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":479271,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,82,593],"class_list":["post-479270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=479270"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479270\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/479271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=479270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=479270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=479270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}