Kazakhstan's Voskoboeva and Shvedova ease to Round 2 of 2013 US Open
15:01, 28 August 2013
ASTANA. August 28. KAZINFORM Kazakhstan's tennis stars Galina Voskoboeva and Yaroslava Shvedova have advanced to the Round 2 of the 2013 US Open with the prize fund of $ 16 million, Kazinform has learnt from Vesti.kz.
The 28-year-old Voskoboeva ousted Monica Niculescu of Romania 6:4, 6:3 in the Round 1. It took Galina 1 hour 24 minutes to defeat the 42th ranked Niculescu. Voskoboeva will have the toughest opponent in the Round 2 match as she is facing world №1 Serena Williams.
As for Shvedova, she easily beat Russian Olga Puchkova 6:1, 6:0 in 49 minutes. Her next opponent will be Patricia Mayr-Achleitner from Austria who routed Slovak Magdalena Rybarikova 7:6(2), 6:3.