Due WTA1000 to the rain in Dubai yesterday, Zheng Qinwen's first round of women's singles was postponed to 15:00 Beijing time this afternoon, and her opponent was Stearns of the United States. A win for Zheng will put her face a one-day double-match test, and then she will face the winner between Vondrousova and Andreeva no earlier than 18:30 GMT tonight. The other two postponed Women's Singles second-round matches are Navarro vs. Bencic and Kostya vs. Parkes, and the winners of these two matches will also face a one-day double today.

Zheng Qinwen attended the players' dinner in Dubai

In some of the Women's Singles second round matches that ended last night, third seed Gauff lost 4-6, 5-7 to compatriot Kessler, and both 1000 tournaments in the Middle East suffered a first-round defeat. It was Kessler's first career top-10 victory, as she upset last week's Doha champion Anisimova in the Women's Singles first round and will face 14th seed Mukhova in the third round, who defeated former US Open champion Raducanu 7-6(6), 6-4.

World No.2 Swiatek needed just 73 minutes to send two-time Australian Open champion Azarenka 6-0, 6-2, after losing to Ostapenko in the semi-finals of Doha last week and facing Ukraine's Yastremska in the third round in Dubai. World No.1 Sabalenka defeated former top-10 player Kudermetova 6-3, 6-4 for her first win since the Australian Open and will face Denmark's Taussen in the third round, who narrowly beat former No. 3 Svitolina 7-6(5), 3-6, 7-6(4).

Defending champion and fourth seed Paulini defeated qualifier Leith 6-2, 7-5 to set up a third-round win against wildcard former Australian Open champion Kenin, who came back from behind to beat Kostyuk 5-7, 7-6(7), 7-6(5). Badosa, the ninth seed, beat Mertens 6-2, 6-1 and will face sixth seed Rybakina, who defeated qualifier Moe Uchijima 6-3, 6-2. Fifth seed Pegula defeated Samsonova 6-0, 6-4 to meet Noskova, who upset 11th seed Schneider 7-6(8), 4-6, 6-3.

(Text, Editor/Faye Wong, Photo/Visual China)