In Rome, Italy, the WTA 1000 tournament (clay) is currently taking place. Kazakhstan's second seed, Yulia Putintseva, played a first-round match.
In the opening game, Yulia Putintseva (No. 41 WTA) defeated the home player Martina Trevisan (No. 87 WTA) with a score of 6:3, 6:4. In this head-to-head, the Kazakh player took the lead at 2:1.
The match lasted 1 hour and 42 minutes. During this time, Putintseva served four aces, made one double fault, and converted four out of eight break points.
In the second round, Yulia will face the 2017 US Open champion, American Sloane Stephens (No. 35 WTA). In the third round, Putintseva could potentially play against the world number one, Iga Swiatek.
