Gabriela Ruse and Bianca Andreescu were knocked out in the first round of the WTA 500 in Abu Dhabi by Barbora Krejcikova and Yulia Putintseva respectively.

Gabriela Ruse, defeated by Barbora Krejcikova

The Romanian tennis player, who is ranked 148 in the WTA ranking, lost after two sets and one hour and 15 minutes of play to the player from the Czech Republic, Barbora Krejcikova (30 WTA) with the score 6-1, 6-4.

Gabriela Ruse reached the main draw in Abu Dhabi, beating Sweden’s Miriam Borklund (153 WTA) 6-4, 6-1.

Bianca Andreescu, Yulia Putintseva was eliminated

Canadian athlete Bianca Andreescu, who is ranked 37th in the WTA ranking, lost to Yulia Putintseva (45th WTA) with a score of 7-6 (7-2), 6-2. The game lasted one hour and 41 minutes.

In the 1/8 finals, the athlete from Kazakhstan will meet the favorite of the tournament at number 6, Beatrice Haddad Maya.

The Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open takes place from February 6 to 12 on hard, is in the WTA 500 category, has a total prize money of $780,637, and the main favorite is Daria Kasatkina.

Abu Dhabi: Daria Kasaktina (1), Belinda Bencic (2), Olena Rybakina (3), Veronika Kudermetova (4), Yelena Ostapenko (5), Beatrice Haddad Maya (6), Anette Kontaveit (7) and Lyudmila Samsonova ( 8).

The highlights of the tournament in Abu Dhabi

Kasatkina (1) vs. Teichmann

Zheng vs Ostapenko (5)

Kudermetova (4) vs Mertens

Krejcikova vs Samsonova (8)

Haddad Maya (6) against Putintseva

Plishkova vs Rybakina (3)

Kontaveit (7) vs. Rogers

Kostyuk vs Bencic (2)