Bulgarian tennis player Viktoriya Tomova took advantage as a “lucky loser” to qualify for the main scheme of the WTA 1000 Miami Open with a prize pool of 8.8 million USD. She lost in the last qualifying round lost to Viktorija Golubic (Switzerland), but due to the resignation of the world’s No 48 Lauren Davis, was included in the main scheme of the tournament.
In the first round, Viktoriya Tomova started more than convincingly defeating Anna Karolína Schmiedlova (Slovakia) by 2-0 (7:5, 6:2) in almost an hour and a half.
Viktoriya Tomova started the match unconvincingly and made a quick break of Anna Karolína Schmiedlova, taking a 3:0 lead. The Slovakian served for the set at 5:3 but the Bulgarian tennis player made a break, and then won the next three games to close the set at 7:5.
In the second set, Viktoriya Tomova played much better and after two more breaks she pulled away with 5:1 and then won the match by 6:2.
Viktoriya Tomova recorded 3 aces and won 75% of her 1st serve points.
In the second round of the WTA 1000 Miami Open, Viktoriya Tomova will play against 30th-seeded Danielle Collins (USA).
In the other match from the first day of the WTA 1000 Miami Open, Laura Siegemund (Germany) defeated Mayar Sherif (Egypt) by 2-0 (6:3, 64), while Tereza Martincova (Czech Republic) won by 2-1 (4:6, 6:4, 6:3) her match with Tamara Korpatsch (Germany).
Romanian tennis player Irina-Camelia Begu also advanced to the second round after a victory versus Alexandra Eala (Philippines) by 2-0 (6:2, 7:5). Danka Kovinic lost to Nao Hibino (Japan) by 0-2 (3:6, 3:6), as well as Brenda Fruhvirtova (Czech Republic), who lost to Xiyu Wang (China) by0-2 (0:6, 5:7).
Anna Kalinskaya qualified for the next round of the WTA 1000 Miami Open after defeating Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva (Andora) by 2-0 (6:4, 6:2).
