Kazakhstan's Kulambayeva captures ITF’s W40 Skopje doubles title
10:02, 17 September 2023
Kazakhstan’s Zhibek Kulambayeva paired with Lithuanian Justina Mikulskyte claimed the ITF’s W40 Skopje doubles title in Northern Macedonia, Kazinform cites Sports.kz.
The top-seed Kazakh-Lithuanian duo stunned Rina Saigo and Yukina Saigo of Japan in straight sets 6-3, 6-4 in the final of the tournament.
It is worth mentioning that Kulambayeva and Mikulskyte eliminated Greek tandem Eleni Christofi and Dimitra Pavlou and the Croatian-German duo Iva Primorac and Natalia Siedliska in the quarterfinal and opening matches, respectively.
The prize fund of the tournament totals $40,000.
Before the start of the tournament Zhibek Kulambayeva was ranked 156th in the WTA Doubles Rankings – her career’s best.