Belinda Bencic made a spirited rally into round two of the St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy.
The Olympic gold-medal champion battled back from a break down in the final set squeezing out a 6-2, 4-6, 7-6(5) win over Veronika Kudermetova in her St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy opener.
No.8 seed Elise Mertens needed over two hours to mount a comeback over Australian Open quarterfinalist Alizé Cornet in a 3-6, 6-2, 6-4 first-round triumph. Second-seeded Anett Kontaveit stopped Swiss Jil Teichmann 6-3, 1-6, 6-3.
St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy
St. Petersburg, Russia
February 7-13th, 2022
WTA 500 Level Tournament
Prize Money: $703, 580
| RESULTS – MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2022 Singles First Round [2] A. Kontaveit (EST) d. J. Teichmann (SUI) 63 16 63 [5] B. Bencic (SUI) d. V. Kudermetova (RUS) 62 46 76(5) [8] E. Mertens (BEL) d. A. Cornet (FRA) 36 62 64 E. Alexandrova (RUS) d. C. Giorgi (ITA) 62 16 62 Doubles – First Round [WC] K. Rakhimova (RUS) / E. Shalimova (RUS) d. A. Van Uytvanck (BEL) / S. Zhang (CHN) 36 63 10-4 A. Potapova (RUS) / V. Zvonareva (RUS) d. I. Bara (ROU) / E. Gorgodze (GEO) 62 75 S. Cirstea (ROU) / R. Olaru (ROU) d. [2] L. Kichenok (UKR) / J. Ostapenko (LAT) 26 64 10-2 Qualifying – Final Round [1] R. Peterson (SWE) d. [6] B. Pera (USA) 57 60 61 [3] V. Gracheva (RUS) d. [7] A. Bogdan (ROU) 64 64 [8] K. Juvan (SLO) d. C. McNally (USA) 64 36 63 J. Niemeier (GER) d. [WC] E. Andreeva (RUS) 46 61 61 ORDER OF PLAY – TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2022 SIBUR ARENA starts at 11:00 AM [Q] J. Niemeier (GER) vs [WC] [6] P. Kvitova (CZE) J. Cristian (ROU) vs [4] A. Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) [7] J. Ostapenko (LAT) vs [WC] X. Wang (CHN) T. Martincova (CZE) vs [WC] V. Zvonareva (RUS) Not Before 6:30 PM [1] M. Sakkari (GRE) vs A. Potapova (RUS) [1] V. Kudermetova (RUS) / E. Mertens (BEL) vs V. Heisen (GER) / J. Lohoff (GER) TC DYNAMO starts at 11:00 AM A. Sasnovich (BLR) vs M. Linette (POL) A. Petkovic (GER) vs [Q] R. Peterson (SWE) M. Vondrousova (CZE) vs S. Cirstea (ROU) Not Before 3:00 PM [WC] K. Rakhimova (RUS) vs P. Martic (CRO) [Q] K. Juvan (SLO) vs A. Van Uytvanck (BEL) S. Zhang (CHN) vs I. Begu (ROU) St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy Singles Draw: Click Here St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy Doubles Draw: Click Here St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy Singles Qualifying Draw: Click Here |