The pair consisting of Monica Niculescu and Ana Bohdan was eliminated on Monday in the first round of the doubles of the WTA 500 tournament in Adelaide (Australia).

Monica NiculescuPhoto: Julian Avram/AP/Profimedia

The two Romanians lost to the team of American Asia Muhammad and Demi Schoors of the Netherlands, 7-6(2), 6-4.

Know:

  • For reaching the first round, Monica and Ana will receive $5,140 and one point in the WTA doubles ranking.
  • Ana Bohdan (66 WTA, lucky loser) on Monday qualified for the round of 16 singles, the stage of the competition in which she will face the winner of the match between Lyudmila Samsonova (Russia – 7th favorite, 14th WTA) and Laura Siegemund (Germany – 89th place in the world).

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Adelaide International (Australia) takes place from January 8 to 13 on hard. He has a total prize money of $922,573 and is a member of the “WTA 500”. The last champions are Esheli Barty (2020, 2022), Iga Sviatek (2021) and Belinda Bencic (2023).