Aleksandrina Naydenova from Bulgaria won her opening match in the 10,000$ in Istanbul as she defeated the wildcard from Turkey 15 year old Cemre Anil. Aleksandrina started the match perfectly and never gave even the smalest change for Anil to think about the victory as she won 6-2 6-2 and in the second round she will face qualifier Ofri Lankri who defeated Tammi Patterson from Australia 7-5 4-6 6-3. Interesting fact is that Ofri defeated Lyutfia Velieva in the second and final qualifying round 7-5 6-3.
Another important fact is that Aleksandrina already has a victory over Lankri in the juniors last year when she gave her just 3 games wining 6-1 6-2 in a South American junior tournament. Aleksandrina lost her opening round in doubles with her partner Kovarcikova losing to the number 2 seed 4-6 4-6. Sister Velieva showed incredible doubles strength against the pair of Abduraimova and Hopper defeating them 6-3 6-1. The Uzbekistan-australian pair have won 8 of they`re last 9 matches as they won the tournament in Gazianterp and lost in the semifinals of Izmir tournament. In they`re next round they will meet the executers of Naydenova`s team the number 2 seeds Schivetti and Shlomo.
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