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World No. 29 Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan, paired with Canada's Leylah Fernandez, successfully started her performance at the Internazionali BNL D'Italia in Rome, The Caspian Post cites Sports.kz.
In the first round, Putintseva and Fernandez defeated the duo of Japan’s Makoto Ninomiya and China’s Xu Yifan with a score of 6:3, 6:2 in two sets. The match lasted one hour and ten minutes. In the 1/8 finals, they will next play against Italian tennis players Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini.
The tournament's money prize stands at €6,009,593. The winners in doubles will earn €306,500 each, and 1,000 ranking points.
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