At the second round qualifying matches played today at the Olympic Tennis Centre second seeded Yuliana Fedak of Ukraine fended off a late second set challenge from Russian Aminat Kushkhova prevailing 6-3,7-6(4) to make it to the final round.
Eighth seeded Belarusian Tatiana Poutchek, Sixth seeded Kseina Palkina of Kyrgyzstan, Third seeded Greek Erini Georgatou, seventh seeded Elena Kulikova of Russia and fifth seeded Zarina Diyas of Kazakhstan scored one sided wins to make it to the final round of the qualifying. Four players will make it to the main draw which begins tomorrow.
Results (Singles Qualifying) Round-2:
Nadeja Guskova (Rus) bt WC-Maria Kondratieva (Rus) 6-4, 6-1;
8-Tatiana Poutchek (Blr) bt Anastasiya Prenko (Tkm) 6-2, 6-2;
2-Yuliana Fedak (Ukr) bt Aminat Kushkhova (Rus) 6-3,7-6(4);
6-Kseina Palkina (Kgz) bt Nadiya Kichenok ((Ukr) 1-0 Rtd.;
3-Erini Georgatou (Gre) bt WC-Lola Azimova (Uzb) 6-0, 6-1;
7-Elena Kulikova (Rus) b Eugeniya Pashkova (Rus) 4-6, 6-1, 6-3;
Scarlett Werner (Ger) b 4-Lyudmyla Kichenok (Ukr) 6-3, 5-7, 6-3;
5-Zarina Diyas (Kaz) b Elena Zenko (Uzb) 6-1, 6-0