In Pictures: Day 2 At The Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships 2020
Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin got away to an early break but lost it and had to win the first set in a tiebreaker. Rybakina then dominated the next two sets to reach the second round where she will face Russian Katerina Siniakova.
Switzerland's Belinda Bencic serves the ball to Russia's Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova during the WTA Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championship, at the Dubai Tennis Stadium. Image: AFP
Kazakhstan's Elena Rybakina returns the ball to Sofia Kenin of the US during the WTA Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championship, at the Dubai Tennis Stadium. Image: AFP
Sofia Kenin of the US returns the ball to Kazakhstan's Elena Rybakina during the WTA Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championship, at the Dubai Tennis Stadium. Image: AFP
Russia's Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova serves the ball to Switzerland's Belinda Bencic during the WTA Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championship, at the Dubai Tennis Stadium. Image: AFP
Elina Svitolina of the Ukraine returns the ball to Jennifer Brady of the US during the WTA Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championship, at the Dubai Tennis Stadium. Image: AFP
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