Kazakh tennis player stunned at Hobart International in three sets
09:59, 11 January 2016
ASTANA. KAZINFORM - Kazakhstan's highest ranked female tennis player Zarina Diyas has crashed out of Hobart International in Australia with the prize fund of $225,000, Kazinform has learnt from Sports.kz.
In the opening match world №52 Diyas was outclassed by Italian Camila Giorgi.
Giorgi needed 1h 46 min to topple the Kazakhstani in three sets 6-4, 1-6, 6-1 taking their head2head rivalry to 1-1.
In the second-round match Giorgi will play with the winner of French Pauline Parmentier and Japanese Nao Hibino opening match.