Zhengzhou Open: Qualifier Zvonareva upsets Kudermetova in first round

Qualifier Vera Zvonareva upset No 9 seed Veronika Kudermetova 6-2, 7-6 (5) to move into the second round of the Zhengzhou Open at Zhongyuan Tennis Training Base Management Center on Tuesday night.

Zvonareva, a former world No 2 now ranked No 369, will play Ukrainian Anhelina Kalinina next.

Kudermetova won the title in Tokyo earlier this month, beating Iga Swiatek and Jessica Pegula in the process.

Zhengzhou WTA 500, other first-round results (Zhongyuan Tennis Training Base Management Center, hard, USD 780.637, most recent results first):

• Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Daria Kasatkina
• Tamara Korpatsch vs. Zhuoxuan Bai
• Lin Zhu vs. Laura Siegemund
• Liudmila Samsonova vs. Tatjana Maria
• Petra Martic beat Magda Linette: 7-6 (5), 6-1
• Anhelina Kalinina beat Ellen Perez (Q): 6-1, 6-3
• Qinwen Zheng beat Kateryna Volodko (Q): 6-4, 6-3
• Lesia Tsurenko (Q) beat Diana Shnaider (LL): 6-4, 6-2
• Jasmine Paolini beat Moyuka Uchijima (LL): 6-2, 6-3
• Lucia Bronzetti beat Hanyu Guo (WC): 7-5, 6-1
• Donna Vekic (10) beat Nao Hibino (Q): 6-4, 6-2