Ukraine's Daria Snigur defeated Poland's Katarzyna Kawa in the round of 128 at the WTA 1000 tournament in Beijing 3-6, 6-4, 7-5 and advanced to the round of 64. The tournament is being played on hard courts, with a prize fund of $9,4 million. Neither player was seeded. Snigur is ranked 44th (1144 points), while Kawa is 124th (586 points), rank.tennis reports.
Three sets and a 7-5 finish
Kawa won the first set 6-3. In the second set, Snigur prevailed 6-4 and leveled the match. The deciding set was the tightest of the match: it went all the way to the finish and ended 7-5 in favor of the Ukrainian. The final set score was 2:1.
This was the second head-to-head meeting between the two players, and Snigur won both. Their first match also went three sets and ended 6-1, 2-6, 6-2. Match details are provided by api.tennis.