Petra Kvitova qualified for the second round of the tennis tournament in St Petersburg

Petra Kvitova qualified for the second round of the tennis tournament in St Petersburg, Russia. The sixth-seeded former champion won in two sets with 2-0 (6:2, 6:1) versus Jule Niemeier from Germany.

The Czech tennis player scored a total of five breaks to end the match in just 70 minutes.

In the next round, Petra Kvitova, who won Wimbledon in 2011 and 2014, will play versus Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu, who eliminated Zhang Shuai in the first round.

Jelena Ostapenko (Latvia) also continues to advance in the tournament after a 2-0 (6:1, 6:4) victory over Chinese Wang Xinyu. The 2015 winner will play against Andrea Petkovic. The German won hard with 2-0 (7:6, 6:4_ over the Swedish player Rebecca Peterson.

The Russian player Vera Zvonareva also qualified for the next round after success in three sets with 2-1 (6:2, 1:6, 6:4) over the Czech Tereza Martincova.

Belarusian Aliaksandra Sasnovich also reached the second round after winning her match versus Magda Linette with 2-1 (7:5, 4:6, 6:4).