Kazakhstan's Kerimbayeva reached 2nd round of ITF tournament series in Astana

In the first round, she defeated the Georgian Sofia Kvatsabaia in two sets - 6:3, 6:4. In the second round, Kerimbayeva is to meet the winner of the match between Valentyna Ivakhnenko (Ukraine) and Margarita Lazareva (Russia). The results of this tournament, worth U.S. $ 25 thousand, will be considered in the ATP and WTA rankings and serve as admission to more significant competitions, the Kazakh MFA's press service reports.