Dubai bye-bye

Second-seeded Karolina Pliskova and third-seeded Dominika Cibulkova lost their opening matches at the Dubai Tennis Championships yesterday. Pliskova fell 6-2, 6-4 to Kristina Mladenovic, while Cibulkova lost 6-2, 4-6, 6-2 to Ekaterina Makarova in the second round after both had received byes.