Polina Kudermetova (Uzbekistan) defeated Clara Tauson (Denmark) in the round of 64 at the WTA 1000 tournament in Beijing 6-4 4-6 6-4 and reached the round of 32. The event is being played on hard courts, and the prize money is $9.4 million. Kudermetova entered the draw unseeded, while Tauson was seeded 32nd. According to rank.tennis, Kudermetova is No. 108 in the rankings (675 points), while Tauson is No. 52 (1065 points).
Three sets with the same margin
Kudermetova took the first set 6-4. Tauson responded with the same score in the second set to level the match. The deciding set also ended 6-4, this time in Kudermetova's favor. In all three sets, two games decided the winner.
For Kudermetova, this was her second straight three-set match in Beijing. In the first round, she lost the first set to Ye-Xin Ma in a tiebreak, then won the next two: 6-7(2) 6-3 6-2. Before Beijing, she had two defeats: in the first round in Seoul against Kamilla Rakhimova (6-7(4) 6-4 5-7) and at the US Open against Linda Fruhvirtova (1-6 3-6).
Before the Beijing tournament, Tauson lost in the first round of the US Open to Sloane Stephens (4-6 1-6). In Monterrey, she defeated Ekaterina Alexandrova (7-6(6) 4-6 6-3), and in the quarterfinal she lost to Diane Parry (3-6 5-7).
The head-to-head is now tied at 1:1. The rivals played twice in 2026. In their other match, Tauson also needed three sets, and she won that one too. Match results are provided by api.tennis.