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ST. PETERSBURG, February 7. /tass/. Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova beat Italian representative Camila Giorgi in the first round match of the St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) tournament. Competitions are held in the concert and sports multifunctional complex “Sibur-Arena”.
The meeting ended with a score 6:2, 1:6, 6:2 in favor of Alexandrova. In the next round, the tennis player will play with the winner of the match between Anastasia Potapova of Russia and Maria Sakkari of Greece, seeded number one at the tournament.
Alexandrova is 27 years old, she ranks 43rd in the WTA ranking. She has one victory in tournaments under the auspices of the organization, at Grand Slam tournaments her best result is reaching the third round of the Australian Open (2020, 2021) and Roland Garros (2019, 2020).
Georgie is ranked 30th in the world ranking, she has three titles under the auspices of the WTA, at Grand Slam tournaments her best result is reaching the quarterfinals of Wimbledon in 2018.
The tournament in St. Petersburg started on February 7. These competitions have been held since 2003, since 2016 the tournament belongs to the WTA 500 category. Its prize fund in 2022 exceeds $703 thousand. The current winner of the competition is Russian Daria Kasatkina, who does not take part in the competition due to the positive test result for coronavirus.