ekATERINA MAKAROVA ADVANCES OF 2 ROUND OF DUBAI DUTY FREE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS 2014

MAKAROVA_KLEYBANOVA  6-4 6-7 6-4

Also into the second round is recent Pattaya winner Ekaterina Makarova, who overcame a solid challenge from Alisa Kleybanova to win 6-4 6-7 6-4. 
The reward for the player currently coached by former French Open champion Anastasia Myskina is a second round clash with top seed and world number one Serena Williams. Kleybanova, who reached the Top 20 for the first time after reaching the quarter-finals here in 2011, later had to leave the WTA Tour for a long period after she was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma.
 “We have enjoyed some excellent tennis right from the start of this year’s Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships,” said Colm McLoughlin, Executive Vice Chairman of tournament owners and organisers Dubai Duty Free. “Lucie Safarova is playing here for the sixth time, and her greater experience clearly played a part in her well-earned win over one of the rising stars of the game, Sloane Stephens.”