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St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy Results and Order of Play for February 8th, 2022

Belinda Bencic of Switzerland squeezed out a 6-2, 4-6, 7-6(5) win over Veronika Kudermetova in her St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy opener. EPA-EFE/ALEX GRIMM / POOL

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)

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