Hungarian Open: Qualifier Sharma upsets seventh seed Rakhimova
The Australian will play the winner of the match between Slovak Kristina Kucova and Slovenian qualifier Kaja Juvan in the next round
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Australian qualifier Astra Sharma upset Russian Kamilla Rakhimova, the No 7 seed, 6-3, 6-3 to move into the last 16 of the Hungarian Open at Római Tennis Academy in Budapest on Monday.
Sharma, ranked No 216 in the world, will face the winner of the match between Slovak Kristina Kucova and Slovenian qualifier Kaja Juvan next.
7th seed Kamilla Rakhimova loses 3-6, 3-6 to the in-form qualifier Astra Sharma in the opening round of the Hungarian Grand Prix.
— WTARussians (@WTArussians) July 17, 2023
Struggled to read Sharma's big serves and was playing some great tennis to start the match, but could not sustain the high level. pic.twitter.com/niiVELeo2w
Budapest WTA 250, other round of 32 results (Római Tennis Academy, clay, USD 259,303):
- Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (8) beat Polina Kudermetova: 6-2, 6-0
- Amarissa Toth vs. Shuai Zhang
- Fanny Stollar vs. Irene Burillo Escorihuela
- Kateryna Volodko vs. Yulia Putintseva
- Valentini Grammatikopoulou vs. Tamara Korpatsch
- Timea Babos vs. Anna Bondar
- Evgeniya Rodina vs. Anna Siskova
- Nadia Podoroska vs. Storm Hunter
- Daria Saville vs. Tereza Martincova
- Bernarda Pera vs. Diana Shnaider
- Natalia Szabanin vs. Kateryna Baindl
- Tatjana Maria vs. Carole Monnet
- Louisa Chirico vs. Claire Liu
- Kristina Kucova vs. Kaja Juvan
- Rebecca Sramkova vs. Elina Avanesyan
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