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yQatar Open: Kudermetova reaches second round
Veronika Kudermetova edged out Barbora Krejcikova 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (5) on Monday afternoon. She’ll play the winner of the match between American wildcard Sofia Kenin and Russian Liudmila Samsonova in the next round
Veronika Kudermetova, 2022 | © AI / Reuters / Panoramic
Russian Veronika Kudermetova, the No 8 seed, edged out Czech Barbora Krejcikova 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (5) to reach the second round of the Qatar Open at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex in Doha on Monday afternoon.
Kudermetova, ranked No 11, will face the winner of the match between American wildcard Sofia Kenin and Russian Liudmila Samsonova next.
Doha WTA 500, other first-round results (Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex, hard, USD 780.637, most recent results first):
- Madison Keys vs. Jelena Ostapenko
- Paula Badosa vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
- Maria Sakkari vs. Qinwen Zheng
- Sofia Kenin vs. Liudmila Samsonova
- Petra Kvitova vs. Shuai Zhang
- Ipek Oz vs. Victoria Azarenka
- Karolina Muchova beat Martina Trevisan: 6-2, 6-2
