MINSK, 25 February (BelTA) – Victoria Azarenka and Olga Govortsova completed their performance at the Abierto Mexicano Telcel in Acapulco, Mexico, BelTA has learned.
First-seeded Victoria Azarenka, ranked 14th in the world, withdrew ahead of her second-round match against World No.66 Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia due to a left wrist injury. The Belarusian needed two hours to see off Slovenia's Polona Hercog (World No.82) in the opener 4-6, 6-3, 6-1.
Olga Govortsova (World No. 89) lost her second-round match against World 24 Sloane Stephens of the United States 4-6, 1-6. The match lasted for 81 minutes. Earlier, the Belarusian cruised to the second round beating World No.76 Lara Arruabarrena of Spain 6-1, 6-2.
In the men's doubles Max Mirnyi of Belarus and Treat Huey of the Philippines battled through the Australian duet of Chris Guccione and Bernard Tomic 4-6, 6-3, 14-12. In the quarterfinal the Belarusian-Filipino duo, seeded fourth, will take on the Polish-Mexican duet of Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Santiago Gonzalez.
The tournament in Acapulco will complete on 27 February.
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