Australian Open finalist Garbine Muguruza of Spain survived a lengthy first-round match against Russian qualifier Daria Kasatkina on Sunday in the first round of the Qatar Total Open in Doha.

Muguruza, the 11th seed, squandered a match point in the second set en route to a 7-5, 5-7, 6-3 victory in 2 hours, 49 minutes. Each of the last four meetings between the players have gone to three sets.