the Russian tennis player, 38-ranked Veronica Kudermetova in the first round of the tournament in Saint-Petersburg in three sets in two hours and 36 minutes beat the representative of Kazakhstan Yulia Putintseva– 7:6 (7:4), 1:6, 7:5.
Kudermetova seven times filed through, committed four double faults and implemented five break points out of eight, but Putintseva, which occupies the 34th place in the WTA rankings, one ACE, four double faults and completed six of 16 break.
Thus, she has reached the second round of the tournament where it will face a Dutch tennis player, the current winner St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy Picture Of Bertans (No. 8).
