In Madrid, Spain, the clay court tournament of the "Masters" series is taking place. Kazakh tennis player Yulia Putintseva played her first round match in the singles category.
Putintseva emerged victorious in her opening match against Chinese player Yuan Yue (No. 38 WTA) with a score of 6:2, 6:4. The match lasted 1 hour and 27 minutes. During this time, the Kazakh player made one double fault and converted four out of seven break points.
In the second round, Yulia will face another tennis player from China, the world's eighth racket Zheng Saisai.
Meanwhile, Kazakhstan's top-ranked tennis player Elena Rybakina will kick off her journey in Madrid from the second round, where she will meet either Italy's Lucia Bronzetti or France's Varvara Gracheva.
It's worth noting that the former world number one player withdrew from the WTA-1000 tournament in Madrid earlier.
