Kazakh Putintseva advances at 2016 Qatar Total Open
09:47, 22 February 2016
ASTANA. KAZINFORM - Kazakhstani tennis player Yulia Putintseva breezed into the second round of the 2016 Qatar Total Open in Doha on Sunday night, Kazinform has learnt from Sports.kz.
In the first-round match world №56 Putintseva eliminated Slovak Anna Schmiedlova in straight sets 6-2, 6-4. Thus, the Kazakhstani took their head2head rivalry to 2-0.
Next Putintseva will face off with the winner of American Bethanie Mattek-Sands vs. Swiss Timea Bacsinszky first-round match.
The prize fund of the tournament exceeds $2.8 million.