08:45, 07 April 2016 | GMT +6
Kazakhstani Putintseva stuns Lisicki in three sets in Charleston
ASTANA. KAZINFORM - Kazakhstan's tennis player Yulia Putintseva eliminated 15th-seeded Sabine Lisicki of Germany at the Volvo Car Open 2016 in Charleston, U.S.
The final score was 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 in Putintseva's favor.
During the two-hour match Putintseva confidently beat the German in the first and third set, making no double faults and hitting 2 aces. Lisicki, on the contrary, made 9 double faults and served no aces.
It is worth mentioning that it was the first time the two met on court.
In the third-round Putintseva will face off with the third-seed Venus Williams.
Source: WTA