Gabriela Ruse (144 WTA) entered the main draw of the “WTA 500” tournament in Abu Dhabi on Monday.

Gabriela RusePhoto: Flaviu Buboi/NurPhoto/Shutterstock Editorial/Profimedia

Our athlete without emotion beat the Swede Miriam Borklund (153 WTA) with a score of 6-4, 6-1.

The match lasted an hour and 10 minutes.

Leila Fernandez (38 WTA), Yulia Putintseva (44 WTA), Shelby Rogers (45 WTA), Rebecca Marino (70 WTA) and Diana Yastremska (103 WTA) also qualified for the main draw.

Know:

  • Having reached the main draw of the tournament in the United Arab Emirates, Gabriela secured a prize of $8,310 and 25 points in the WTA ranking.
  • In the main grid of the competition is the representative of Romania, Sorana Kirstya. Wild card beneficiary Kirstya will play Marta Kostyuk from Ukraine in the first round.

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).