Kenin and Bencic fall at first hurdle on day of upsets in Dubai

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Rybakina, who was the runner-up at the St Petersburg Open on Sunday and landed in Dubai only the day before, converted four break points and fired 25 winners while Kenin struggled with her service, serving six double faults. The 20-year-old Rybakina is yet to lose a three-setter this year and this was the seventh time she managed to get over the line in the deciding set. Meanwhile, Russia's Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova scripted a memorable upset when she came back from a set down to oust Bencic 1-6 6-1 6-1.

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