The 8th-seeded Liudmila Samsonova (Russia) qualified for the second round of the WTA 500 Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open hard court tennis tournament with a prize fund of 922,573 USD.
The Russian tennis player prevailed over Lesia Tsurenko (Ukraine) by 2-0 (6:0, 6:1) in 52 minutes.
In the next phase, Liudmila Samsonova will face a dear representative of Ukraine – Anhelina Kalinina, who defeated Lucia Bronzetti (Italy) by 2-0 (6:1, 7:6).
In the other matches of the tournament, Heather Watson (UK) eliminated ninth-seeded Veronika Kudermetova (Russia) after 2-0 (6:3, 7:5), and qualifier Danielle Collins (USA) prevailed over former world number 1 Naomi Osaka (Japan) by 2-0 (7:5. 6:0). The Asian participates with the “wild card” in the competition.
The four-time Grand Slam champion crashed out early at the Australian Open after 15 months off the court after giving birth to her first child, and now she’s suffered another meltdown.
