Arina Sobolenko
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Belarusian tennis player broke the resistance of Anette Kontaveit.

First racket of Belarus Arina Sobolenko started with a victory at the tournament in Doha. In the 1/16 final, she in three sets defeated the Estonian Anette Kontaveit (22) — 7:5, 2:6, 7:5. The match lasted 2 hours 13 minutes, writes “Pressball”.

A. Sobolenko (Belarus) — A. Kontaveit (Estonia) — 7:5, 2:6, 7:5

In the next stage Sobolenko will play the winner of the duel Sakari Maria (Greece, 20) — Teresa Martincova (Czech Republic, 157).