Local girl and wild card entrant Nigina Abduraimova recorded her biggest win of her career ousting fourth seeded Lara Arruabarrena of Spain 7-5,6-4 , Ksenia Pervak of Russia former winner here upset seventh seeded Anna -Lena Friedsam of Germany 7-6(2),6-0 in the opening round of the 16th edition of the Tashkent Open WTA tennis Championships being played at the Olympic School Tennis complex here.
The tall and lanky 20 year old local star Abduraimova made it to the second round of a WTA tour event after a gap of 5 years stunning the world ranked 75th Arruabareena 7-5,6-4 in 1 hour and 26 minutes while Pervak a winner here , formerly world ranked 37 but now ranked 137 outhit the 85 ranked German seed Anna -Lena Friedsam 7-6(2),6-0 in 1 hour and 34 minutes. In other matches involving former winners here second seeded Irina Camelia Begu of Romania scored a convincing 6-3,6-1 win over Kateryna Kozlova of Ukraine , while world no 2 junior and current Wimbledon junior Champion Jelena Ostapenko justified the organizers faith in awarding a wildcard recording a 6-3,7-5 win over Shahar Peer of Israel.
Third seeded Karin Knapp of Italy overcame some anxious moments in the second set to register a 6-2,7-6(3) win over Turkish No 1. Cagla Buyukakcay , fifth seeded Donna Vekic of Croatia won 7-5,6-0 against Mandy Minella of Luxembourg, while sixth seeded Misaki Doi put out Katherina Siniakova of the Czech Republic 6-4,6-3. US Open wonder girl Aleksandra Krunic of Serbia who reached her career best ranking of 100 went down to qualifier Lesia Tsurenko of Ukraine 6-2,3-6,6-2 , Tsurenko managed to win in 1 hour and 39 mins in spite of double faulting 10 times in the match
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