The switch from clay to hard court proved tricky for Omani wildcard Fatma al Nabhani, who lost 0-6, 0-6 to Dutch qualifier to Quirine Lemoine in the opening round of the 2016 Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge in Dubai, UAE on Tuesday.
Top seed and defending champion Cagla Buyukakcay was one of seven seeds to crash out in round one.
The Turkish world No 77 fell 0-6, 6-7 to unranked Russian Ksenia Pervak, who was playing just her second professional match since August 2015.
