Russian tennis player Blinkova lost to the 130th racket of the world at the tournament in Auckland.
MOSCOW, January 5 – RIA Novosti. Russian tennis player Anna Blinkova failed to reach the quarterfinals of the WTA 250 tournament held in Auckland (Australia), with a prize fund of $259,000.
Ranking 73rd in the WTA ranking, Blinkova lost to the 130th racket of the world, Spanish Rebeca Masarova, with scores of 1:6, 4:6 in the second round. Tennis players spent 1 hour and 9 minutes on the court.
Eliminating second-seeded Sloan Stevens (USA) in the first round, Masarova will compete with the winner of the match between Czech Karolina Muchova and Romanian Elena-Gabriela Ruse for the semi-finals.
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In another match of the second round, seven-time Grand Slam winner, four-time Olympic champion, 42-year-old American Venus Williams was defeated by Chinese Zhu Lin with scores of 6:3, 2:6, 5:7. .
Source: Ria
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