Osaka, Kvitova, Halep begin campaigns: Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships order of play - Day 3

Second round action sees the top eight seeds all take to the court, including the world's three highest-ranked players

World No 1 Naomi Osaka begins her Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships campaign in the evening's first match against Kristina Mladenovic. AFP

The third day of action at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships focuses on the second round, with all the top seeded players in action.

World No 1 Naomi Osaka, playing for the first time since her Australian Open win, kicks off the night session against Kristina Mladenovic.

Defending champion Elina Svitolina, and past winners Petra Kvitova and Simona Halep, are all in action on Centre Court, with Kvitova up against fellow Czech Katerina Siniakova in the opening match of the day at 11am. [denotes seeding]

Centre Court

Starts at 11am:

Petra Kvitova [2] v Katerina Siniakova
Elina Svitolina [6] v Ons Jabeur
Simona Halep [3] v Eugenie Bouchard
Angelique Kerber [5] v Dalila Jakupovic

Not before 7pm:

Naomi Osaka [1] v Kristina Mladenovic
Karolina Pliskova [4] v Dominika Cilbulkova

Court One

Starts at midday:

Kiki Bertens [7] v Viktoria Kuzmova
Garbine Muguruza [12] v Saisai Zheng
Lesia Tsurenko v Lin Zhu
Aryna Sabalenka [8] v Ivana Jorovic

Court Two

Starts at midday:

Aliaksandra Sasnovich v Su-Wei Hseish
Alison Riske v Alize Cornet
Caroline Garcia [14] v Jennifer Brady

Court Three

Starts at midday:

Daria Kasatkina [11] v Sofia Kenin
Carla Suarez Navarro v Shuai Zhang
Stefanie Voegele v Belinda Benic