Krejcikova crashes out of Cincinnati with loss to Kudermetova
Veronika Kudermetova won against Barbora Krejcikova 6-3, 6-3 on Monday evening. She’ll play the winner of the match between Czech Karolina Muchova and Romanian Simona Halep, the No 15 seed, in the next round
Veronika Kudermetova of Russia in action during the second round at the 2021 St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy WTA 500 tournament against Veronika Kudermetova of Russia
Russian Veronika Kudermetova beat Czech Barbora Krejcikova 6-3, 6-3 to advance to the second round of the Western & Southern Open at the Linder Tennis Family Center in Cincinnati on Monday evening.
Kudermetova, ranked No 20, will face the winner of the match between Czech Karolina Muchova and Romanian Simona Halep, the No 15 seed, next.
Cincinnati WTA 1000, other first-round matches and results:
- Sloane Stephens vs. Alize Cornet
- Naomi Osaka vs. Shuai Zhang
- Sofia Kenin vs. Shelby Rogers
- Martina Trevisan vs. Anna Kalinskaya
- Anhelina Kalinina vs. Elise Mertens
- Karolina Pliskova vs. Venus Williams
- Serena Williams vs. Emma Raducanu
- Marta Kostyuk vs. Camila Giorgi
- Belinda Bencic vs. Sorana Cirstea
- Karolina Muchova vs. Simona Halep
- Coco Gauff vs. Marie Bouzkova
- Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Jelena Ostapenko
- Madison Keys vs. Yulia Putintseva
- Kaia Kanepi vs. Victoria Azarenka
- Caroline Garcia vs. Petra Martic
- Taylor Townsend vs. Ajla Tomljanovic
- Tereza Martincova vs. Nuria Parrizas Diaz
- Jil Teichmann vs. Petra Kvitova
- Leylah Fernandez vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
- Catherine McNally vs. Aliaksandra Sasnovich
- Amanda Anisimova vs. Daria Kasatkina
- Sara Sorribes Tormo vs. Alison Riske-Amritraj
- Elena Rybakina beat Mayar Sherif: 6-3, 6-2
