Romania has three representatives in the singles category of the WTA Dubai, competition category “1000”. Iryna Begu, Sorana Kirstya and Ana Bohdan learned the names of the opponents they will meet in the first round.

According to the draw, Iryna Begu (38th in the world) will meet Barbora Krejcikova (29th WTA and Grand Slam champion – Roland Garros 2021). The score is 1-0 in head-to-head matches of our player (win, score 7-5, 6-2 in Shenzhen in 2020).

for Sorana Kirstea (70 WTA) will play Beatrice Haddad Maia, the 11th favorite from Dubai and 12th in the world ranking. Kirstia is 3-1 in head-to-head matches, but the Brazilian last won 7-6(5), 6-1 at Adelaide 2 earlier this year.

Finally, for Ana Bohdan (76 WTA – left the qualification) will be followed by a match with Laura Siegemund, who is ranked 130 in the world. The German leads 1-0 in straight matches, the victory came in 2018 in Rabat, the score was 6-4, 6-1.

Interesting matches of the first round of WTA Dubai

Paula Badosa vs Lyudmila Samsonova (14)

Veronika Kudermetova (10) – Angelina Kalinina

Dayana Yastremska – Alize Kornet

Karolina Plishkova – Marketa Vondrousova

Jasmine Paolini – Madison Keys

Amanda Anisimova – Vera Zvonareva

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova – Victoria Azarenka (15)

Olena Rybakina (9) – Bianca Andreescu

Sokia Kenin – Marie Buzkova.

The Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships runs from February 19 to 25 on hard, is part of the “WTA 1000” category and has a total prize pool of $2,788,468. Simona Halep won the tournament in 2015 and 2020, and the last edition went to Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia.

At this year’s competition, Iha Svyatek (1), Aryna Sabalenko (2), Jessica Pegula (3), Caroline Garcia (4), Coco Gauf (5), Maria Sakkari (6), Daria Kasatkina (7) are seeded. ) and Belinda Bencic (8).