Wild card Ajla Tomljanovic came from 3-1 down in the second set to defeat Katie Volynets in the ATX Open first round.
On Saturday, the 17-year-old Mirra Andreeva became the youngest player to win a WTA 1000 tournament after her triumph in the UAE, and in addition to rising up the leaderboard, she also has secured her Top 10 debut (at No.
Elina Avanesyan notched a 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 victory over No. 7 seed Magdalena Frech in the first round of the Merida Open Akron on Monday.
Anna Blinkova overcame No. 6 seed Moyuka Uchijima 4-6, 6-4, 6-0 in Monday's last match at the ATX Open.
Jessica Bouzas Maneiro came from 5-1 down in the first set (saving four set points) and 4-1 down in the third to defeat 2024 Australian Open and Wimbledon junior champion Renata Jamrichova in the Merida Open Akron first round.
Qualifier Emiliana Arango defeated lucky loser Maria Lourdes Carle in straight sets in the Merida Open Akron first round, repeating her win in the qualifying final round one day previously. Arango notched her first tour-level victory since Madrid 2024 and extended her overall winning streak to eight matches following her Cancun WTA 125 title the previous week.
Kimberly Birrell of Australia earned a 7-6(5), 7-6(5) win over No. 4 seed and defending champion Yuan Yue of China in the first round of the ATX Open on Monday night.
She entered the tournament without a title at this level, and she left it with her name alongside Coco Gauff, Iga Swiatek, and Victoria Azarenka on a short list of teenage champions. At 17, Mirra Andreeva is playing like she belongs there.
She has won 31 titles, made history at Wimbledon and earned more than $37 million. Now, Petra Kvitova returns to the tour not to prove anything, but because she still loves the game.
Mirra Andreeva capped a career-best week by capturing the biggest title of her career, defeating Clara Tauson to win the WTA 1000 Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships on Saturday night.
Top seeds Katerina Siniakova and Taylor Townsend repeated their Australian Open feat to beat No. 3 seeds Hsieh Su-Wei and Jelena Ostapenko to win the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships.