Polina Kudermetova from Uzbekistan has advanced to the second round of the WTA 1000 tournament taking place in Beijing. This was reported by the Tennis Federation of Uzbekistan.
In the first round, Kudermetova defeated Chinese tennis player Yixin Ma. The match ended in three sets with a score of 6-7, 6-3, 6-2, securing her place in the next stage of the competition.
Maria Timofeeva from Uzbekistan successfully advanced to the next stage of the WTA 1000 China Open tournament, which is being held in Beijing.
In the first round, Timofeeva faced Czech tennis player Darja Vidmanova, who is ranked 88th in the world rankings. The representative of Uzbekistan won in two sets with a score of 6-3, 6-3, securing her place in the second round.
In the next match, Timofeeva will play against Japanese tennis player Naomi Osaka. Osaka is the 12th seed in the tournament. This Japanese athlete is a four-time Grand Slam champion and previously held the number one spot in the world rankings. It is worth noting that Osaka won the China Open in 2019.
Other athletes from Uzbekistan are also participating in the tournament in Beijing: Kamilla Rakhimova and Polina Kudermetova.
Sergey Fomin and Khumoyun Sultanov from Uzbekistan successfully started in the men's doubles tennis tournament at the 2026 Asian Games in Nagoya, Aichi. They defeated the pair from Chinese Taipei, consisting of Huang Cunhao and Wu Tunlin, who were ranked seventh.
The first set ended with a loss for the Uzbek pair with a score of 4–6. However, Fomin and Sultanov managed to change the course of the match by winning the second set with a score of 6–3.
The outcome of the match was decided in a tie-break match, where the representatives of Uzbekistan played confidently and won with a score of 10–3. Thus, Fomin and Sultanov won the match with a score of 4–6, 6–3, 10–3 and qualified for the second round of the competition.
