Dubai Feb 21 (IANS) German World No. 9 Angelique Kerber beat the Czech Republic s Barbora Strycova 6-2 6-1 to advance to the second round of the Dubai Open here.
The German star s next opponent will be Italy s Sara Errani who defeated Ukraine s Lesia Tsurenko 6-4 6-3 reports Efe.
In other action on Tuesday Spain s Carla Suarez Navarro advanced to the second round with an easy 6-2 6-2 win over Russia s Sofya Zhuk.
Suarez Navarro will play the Czech Republic s Karolina Pliskova the World No. 5 and third seed next.
France s Caroline Garcia defeated the Czech Republic s Lucie Safarova 6-3 7-5 and will face Russia s Ekaterina Makarova in the second round.
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