Dubai WTA results on Sunday (x denotes seeded player) 1st rd Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) bt Wang Qiang (CHN) 6-4, 1-6, 7-5 Veronika Kudermetova (RUS) bt Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) 7-6 (7/3), 6-2 Ons Jabeur (TUN) bt Katerina Siniakova (CZE) 6-2, 6-3 Coco Gauff (USA) bt Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS) 7-6 (7/3), 2-6, 7-6 (10/8) Alize Cornet (FRA) bt Daria Kasatkina (RUS) 6-4, 3-6, 6-1 Anastasija Sevastova (LAT) bt Bernarda Pera (USA) 6-0, 6-3 afp