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ST. PETERSBURG, February 7. /tass/. Russian Veronika Kudermetova lost to Belinda Bencic from Switzerland in the first round match of the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) tournament in St. Petersburg (St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy). Competitions are held in the concert and sports multifunctional complex “Sibur-Arena”.
The meeting ended with a score 6:2, 4:6, 7:6 (7:5) in favor of Bencic, seeded fifth at the tournament. In the second round, the Swiss tennis player will play with the winner of the match between Slovenian Kaya Juvan and representative of Belgium Alison van Eytvank.
Kudermetova is ranked 29th in the WTA world ranking, the Russian has won one title under the auspices of the organization. Her best result at Grand Slam tournaments is reaching the third round of the Australian (2021, 2022) and French (2019) Open Championships.
Bencic is 24 years old, she was seeded number five at the tournament in St. Petersburg. The Swiss takes 24th place in the WTA ranking, the athlete has four titles under the auspices of the organization. Bencic’s best achievement at Grand Slam tournaments is reaching the semifinals of the 2019 U.S. Open.
The tournament in St. Petersburg started on February 7. 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 is not participating in the current tournament due to a positive test result for coronavirus.
