Eighth seed Diana Shnaider won against qualifier Veronika Kudermetova 5-7, 6-2, 6-3 to move into the second round of the Stuttgart Open at the Porsche-Arena on Monday.
Shnaider, ranked No 13, will face Belgian Elise Mertens next.
Stuttgart WTA 500, other first-round results (Porsche-Arena, clay, EUR 925.661, most recent results first):
- Magdalena Frech vs. Sara Errani
- Mirra Andreeva vs. Erika Andreeva
- Tatjana Maria vs. Ella Seidel
- Emma Navarro vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
- Eva Lys vs. Jasmine Paolini
- Jule Niemeier vs. Laura Siegemund
- Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Liudmila Samsonova
- Donna Vekic vs. Jana Fett
- Jelena Ostapenko vs. Dayana Yastremska
- Anastasia Potapova beat Clara Tauson: 2-6, 7-6 (8), 6-3
- Elise Mertens beat Aliaksandra Sasnovich (Q): 7-6 (3), 6-2
