Tennis
Russian Savinykh beat Linette in three hours at the start of the tennis tournament in Nanchang
Valeria Savinykh / Photo: © Juan Manuel Serrano Arce / Stringer / Getty Images Sport / Gettyimages.ru
Russian tennis player Valeria Savinykh reached the second round of the tournament in Nanchang (China).
Savinykh, ranked 146th in the world ranking, at the start of the tournament beat the 23rd racket of the world, Poland’s Magda Linette, with a score of 7:5, 3:6, 7:6 (7:3). The meeting lasted just over three hours.
In the next round, Savinykh will play with the winner of the match Victoria Grunchakova (Slovakia) – Alexandra Sasnovich (Belarus).
WTA 250. Jiangxi Open. Nanchang (China). Hard. Prize fund – more than 250 thousand dollars
First round
Valeria Savinykh (Russia) — Magda Linett (Poland, 2) — 7:5, 3:6, 7:6 (7:3)
Source: Sportbox
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