San Jose Open: Kudermetova beats Giorgi and advances to second round
Veronika Kudermetova edged out Camila Giorgi 7-6 (2), 4-6, 7-5 on Tuesday evening. She’ll play the winner of the match between Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia and American Claire Liu in the next round
Veronika Kudermetova at Roland Garros 2022
Image Credit: Aurelien Morissard / Panoramic
Russian Veronika Kudermetova, the No 9 seed, reached the second round of the San Jose Open by edging out Italian Camila Giorgi 7-6 (2), 4-6, 7-5 at San Jose State University Tennis Center on Tuesday.
Kudermetova, ranked No 19, will face American Claire Liu, who defeated Brazil’s Beatriz Haddad Maia in straight sets
San Jose WTA 500, other first-round matches (San Jose State University Tennis Center, hard, USD 757.900, most recent results first):
- Caroline Dolehide (LL) beat Kayla Day (Q): 7-6 (5), 6-4
- Elizabeth Mandlik (Q) beat Alison Riske-Amritraj: 6-3, 6-3
- Daria Kasatkina (7) beat Elena Rybakina: 1-6, 6-2, 6-0
- Madison Keys beat Shuai Zhang: 6-4, 6-2
- Taylor Townsend (Q) beat Storm Sanders (Q): 6-1, 6-4
- Karolina Pliskova (8) beat Katie Boulter (WC): 1-6, 7-6 (5), 6-3
- Amanda Anisimova beat Ashlyn Krueger (WC): 6-2, 7-6 (5)
- Coco Gauff vs. Anhelina Kalinina
- Naomi Osaka vs. Qinwen Zheng
- Shelby Rogers vs. Bianca Andreescu
