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Kontaveit, Mertens, Kvitova and other seeds look for the quarterfinals in St. Petersburg.
Kontaveit and Mertens, notably, had struggles in their first-round matches against quality opponents.
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St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy
Dates: Feb. 7 – 13, 2022
Location: St. Petersburg, Russia
Surface: Hard, indoors (WTA 500)
Prize money: $565,530
Draws: S32 – D16
Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022
Final results
Singles, second round
[1] Maria Sakkari (GRE) def Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS) 62 64
[2] Anett Kontaveit (EST) def. Sorana Cirstea (ROU) 64 75
[5] Belinda Bencic (SUI) def. [Q] Kaja Juvan (SLO) 61 76 (2)
[8] Elise Mertens (BEL) def. Petra Martic (CRO) 64 36 62
Singles, first round
[3] Elena Rybakina (KAZ) def. [Q] Varvara Gracheva (RUS) 62 61
Doubles, first round
[PR] Alicja Rosolska (POL) / Erin Routliffe (NZL) def [3] Xu Yifan / Yang Zhaoxuan (CHN) 64 36 [10-5]
Anna Kalinskaya (RUS) / Caty McNally (USA) def [4] Eri Hozumi / Makoto Ninomiya (JPN) 64 61
Natela Dzalamidze / Alexandra Panova (RUS) def Elixane Lechemia (FRA) / Sabrina Santamaria (USA) 75 76 (3)
Ulrikke Eikeri (NOR) / Viktoria Kuzmova (SVK) def Kaitlyn Christian (USA) / Lidziya Marozava (BLR) 76 (4) 64
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