Russian tennis player Kamilla Rakhimova reached the second round of the WTA 250 tennis tournament in Jiujiang, China.
The 23-year-old Russian, seeded fifth in the tournament, defeated Croatian tennis player Petra Martic in the first round with a score of 6:1, 4:6, 7:5. The athletes spent 2 hours and 27 minutes on the field.
Rakhimova’s next opponent will be 19-year-old Elena Pridankina, who defeated German Ella Seidel – 6:3, 7:6 (8:6). For Pridankina, this victory was the first of her career in the main draw of a WTA tournament.
WTA 250. Open from Jiangxi. Jiujiang (China). Hard. Prize fund – more than 310 thousand dollars
First round
Kamilla Rakhimova (Russia, 5 years old) — Petra Martic (Croatia) — 6:1, 4:6, 7:5
Elena Pridankina (Russia) — Ella Seidel (Germany) — 6:3, 7:6 (8:6)
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Source : MatchTV
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