6-0, 1-6, 6-0: Kudermetova advances to second round with bizarre scoreline v Yastremska

Russian Veronika Kudermetova, the No 13 seed, won against Ukrainian wildcard Dayana Yastremska 6-0, 1-6, 6-0 to reach the second round of the Dubai Open at The Aviation Club Tennis Centre on Monday afternoon.

Kudermetova, ranked No 19, will face Romanian Sorana Cirstea next.

Dubai WTA 1000, other first-round results (The Aviation Club Tennis Centre, hard, USD 3.211.715, most recent results first):

• Daria Kasatkina vs. Lucia Bronzetti
• Anhelina Kalinina vs. Elina Svitolina
• Viktoriya Tomova vs. Liudmila Samsonova
• Paula Badosa vs. Lulu Sun
• Jelena Ostapenko (9) beat Xiyu Wang (Q): 5-7, 6-2, 6-3
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova beat Marie Bouzkova: 6-4, 6-3
• Karolina Pliskova beat Shuai Zhang (WC): 6-3, 7-5
• Anastasia Potapova beat Lin Zhu: 4-6, 6-2, 6-4
• Victoria Azarenka beat Arantxa Rus: 6-2, 6-4
• Petra Martic beat Caroline Dolehide: 6-4, 7-6 (4)
• Leylah Fernandez beat Bernarda Pera (Q): 6-3, 6-2
• Sorana Cirstea beat Sofia Kenin: 6-3, 7-6 (2)
• Ashlyn Krueger (WC) beat Caroline Garcia (16): 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto (LL) beat Elise Mertens: 1-6, 6-3, 7-6 (3)
• Sloane Stephens beat Clara Burel (Q): 6-4, 1-6, 6-2
• Jasmine Paolini beat Beatriz Haddad Maia (11): 4-6, 6-4, 6-0
• Anna Kalinskaya (Q) beat Storm Hunter (Q): 6-1, 6-2
• Emma Navarro beat Katerina Siniakova: 4-6, 7-5, 6-4
• Donna Vekic beat Xinyu Wang: 6-2, 6-4
• Nao Hibino (Q) beat Magda Linette: 6-2, 3-6, 6-4
• Peyton Stearns beat Mirra Andreeva: 6-2, 2-6, 6-1
• Magdalena Frech (Q) beat Ekaterina Alexandrova (14): 7-6 (2), 6-3
• Tatjana Maria beat Varvara Gracheva: 6-2, 6-1