Kazakhstan’s Putintseva out of Cincinnati

NUR-SUTLAN. KAZINFORM – World N°38 Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan crashed out of the Western and Southern Open opening round in Cincinnati in the U.S. with the prize fund of over $2,5 million, Kazinform has learned from Sports.kz.

In the opener Putintseva faced world N°24 American Madison Keys and lost in straight sets 5-7, 3-6. The Kazakhstani made two double faults and hit no aces.

Keys is set to clash with Latvian Jelena Ostapenko in the second-round match of the tournament.

Recall that another Kazakhstani Elena Rybakina ranked 25^th in the world downed Egyptian Mayar Sherif in the first round of the Western and Southern Open and is set to take on former world number one Spaniard Garine Muguruza.

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