At the initial stage of the competition, Samsonova, who occupies the 15th place in the world ranking, beat the American tennis player Claire Liu, who occupies the 69th place in the WTA ranking.
The confrontation lasted 1 hour 39 minutes and ended in victory for the Russian athlete with the score 7:6 (7:3), 6:3.
In the next round, Lyudmila Samsonova will face German tennis player Tamara Korpach.
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Source: Sport

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