The UK Sonay Kartal was eliminated in the first round of Abu Dhabi Open after losing in three sets of American Katie Volynets.
The 23-year-old Kartal took the opening file against the world number 68 volanets, but dropped to a loss of 3-6 6-4 6-4.
91. The English woman first reached the 100 best worlds at the end of last season.
She played for the first time since she debuted in the overseas Grand Slam on the Australian Open last month, and in the first round she got out in the first round.
Cardal recovered from the loss in the opening game to turn the first set she recorded when she made a third consecutive game.
Veynets, also 23, ran into the lead 5-0 in the second set when she attended the match to the referee.
But that was only after she survived the frightener, because Kartal threatened an unlikely return, the British fought back to 5-4 and then lost to serve for the third time.
In the final set, there were six consecutive breaks when the players scrapped the decisive breakthrough, and these were Veynets, who hit the first match in the match to create the second round of meeting with the best seeds of Elena Rybakin.
