Singapore Open: Birrell eases past Polina Kudermetova to make second round

Australian wildcard Kimberly Birrell advanced to the second round of the Singapore Open by winning against Russian Polina Kudermetova, the No 5 seed, 6-3, 6-2 at the Kallang Tennis Hub.

Birrell, ranked No 95, will face the winner of the match between Mexican Renata Zarazua and American Hailey Baptiste next.

Singapore WTA 250, other first-round results (Kallang Tennis Hub, USD 275.094, most recent results first):

• Yuliia Starodubtseva vs. Tatjana Maria
• Taylor Townsend vs. Elise Mertens
• Jil Teichmann vs. Harriet Dart
• Rebecca Marino vs. Xinyu Wang
• Moyuka Uchijima vs. Olivia Gadecki
• Maria Timofeeva vs. Xiyu Wang
• Renata Zarazua vs. Hailey Baptiste: tuesday
• Simona Waltert (Q) beat Ajla Tomljanovic: 6-2, 6-3
• Dominika Salkova (Q) beat Erika Andreeva: 7-6 (5), 6-2
• Anna Kalinskaya (1) beat Caroline Dolehide: 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
• Mananchaya Sawangkaew (Q) beat Sijia Wei (Q): 6-4, 7-6 (2)
• Cristina Bucsa beat Emma Raducanu (7): 5-7, 7-5, 7-5
• Maya Joint (Q) beat Alycia Parks: 4-6, 6-1, 7-5
• Ann Li beat Daria Saville: 6-3, 6-1
• Camila Osorio (6) beat Bernarda Pera: 6-1, 6-7, 6-3