Ana Bohdan reached the second round of the “WTA 1000” tournament in Dubai, our athlete beat Laura Siegemund (130th place in the world ranking) on ​​Monday.

Bohdan (75 WTA) won after two hours of play in the women’s qualifying match, the score 7-5, 6-3.

Know:

• This is Ana’s third victory at the competition in the United Arab Emirates, after she beat Clara Burel (105 WTA) and Teresa Martintsova (98 WTA) in the qualification.

• Ana Bohdan secured a prize of $17,930 and 60 WTA points.

• In the second round, Ana will meet the winner of the match between American Claire Liu (57 WTA) and Shelby Rogers (45 WTA).

• Romania is also represented in the main draw by Sorana Kirstya (match with Beatrice Haddad Maia – 12 WTA and favorite 11). Iryna Begu was eliminated in the first round.

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).