Russian tennis players Maria Timofeeva And Anastasia Zakharova reached the final qualifying round for the Australian Open.
In the second round, Zakharova defeated Swede Rebecca Peterson (18th seed) with a score of 6:4, 2:6, 6:4. The meeting lasted 2 hours 12 minutes.
Timofeeva defeated Australian Astra Sharma (16) – 6:2, 6:4. The athletes spent 1 hour and 14 minutes on the field.
The Russians’ rivals will be known later.
Another Russian woman Tatyana Prozorova ended her performance at the tournament by losing in devastating fashion to Swiss representative Céline Naef in the first round – 1:6, 0:6.
The main draw matches of the Australian Open will take place from January 14 to 28.
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Qualifying, 2nd round
Anastasia Zakharova (Russia) – Rebecca Peterson (Sweden, 18) – 6:4, 2:6, 6:4
Maria Timofeeva (Russia) – Astra Sharma (Australia, 16) – 6:2, 6:4
1st circle
Céline Naef (Switzerland, 30) – Tatyana Prozorova (Russia) – 6:1, 6:0.
Source : MatchTV
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