Kudermetova has slipped to 75 in the rankings after a poor year but she is a former top-10 player and caught Boulter cold on a chilly Melbourne evening.

Belinda Bencic did not drop a game to lucky loser Veronika Kudermetova in the Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open second round, improving to 6-4 overall against Kudermetova. The result was Bencic's second ...