Results from the WTA tournament in Saint Petersburg on Tuesday (x denotes seeding): 1st round Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) bt Jennifer Brady (USA) 6-3, 6-1 Oceane Dodin (FRA) bt Viktoria Kuzmova (SVK) 6-2, 6-2 Fiona Ferro (FRA) bt Caroline Garcia (FRA) 7-5, 3-6, 6-3 Donna Vekic (CRO x7) bt Kristie Ahn (USA) 6-4, 6-1 Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS) bt Darya Kasatkina (RUS) 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 Alison Van Uytvanck (BEL) bt Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) 6-4, 6-1 Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS) bt Marketa Vondrousova (CZE x5) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 Veronika Kudermetova (RUS) bt Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) 7-6 (7/4), 1-6, 7-5 afp