Anastasia Tikhonova (RUS) beat Viktoria Hrunčáková (SVK) 6-1, 6-2 in the second round of qualifying at the WTA 125 event in Adana. The match was played on hard courts at a tournament with a prize fund of $115,000.
Tikhonova is seeded fifth and has progressed through the draw without dropping a match. In the first round she defeated Aysegul Mert 7-6(3), 6-2. Hrunčáková was the second seed and won her opener against Jayda Daniel 6-4, 6-3, but this time was outplayed in every department. It was the first career meeting between the two players, and it went the way of Tikhonova, according to api.tennis.