The pair of Monica Niculescu / Lidia Marozava (Romania / Belarus) was eliminated in the first round of the WTA Brisbane doubles on Sunday.

Monica NiculescuPhoto: Julian Avram/AP/Profimedia

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Monika and Lydia lost in two sets with the score 6-2, 6-4 against the doubles of Daria Kasatkina / Daria Saville (Russia / Australia – wild card beneficiaries).

The game lasted one hour and 18 minutes.

Know:

  • Niculescu and Marozava will each receive $8,000 and one WTA point in the doubles ranking for their presence in the first round of Brisbane.

WTA Brisbane competes from December 31 to January 7 on hard, is part of the WTA 500 category, has a total prize money worth $1,736,763, and the title champion is Aryna Sabalenko (2023).

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