The WTA-1000 tournament is currently taking place in Indian Wells, USA. Kazakhstan's second seed, Yulia Putintseva (No. 79 WTA), played her first-round match against Germany's Tamara Korpach (No. 76 WTA).
Yulia Putintseva secured a victory with a score of 6-2, 6-3. In the second round, the Kazakhstani player will face Russia's Ekaterina Alexandrova (No. 16 WTA).
The match lasted 1 hour and 33 minutes. During this time, our athlete served once, made no double faults, and converted five out of eight break points.
Last year at the Indian Wells Masters, Yulia Putintseva was unable to progress past the first round of the main draw, losing to Karolina Muchova (Czech Republic) with a score of 3-6, 6-4, 4-6.
Earlier, the legendary Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal withdrew from the ATP-1000 tournament in Indian Wells.
