MINSK, 4 March (BelTA) – Belarus' world number 56 Victoria Azarenka lost 2-6, 2-6 to Slovenia's world number 71 Tamara Zidansek in the opening match of the 2020 Abierto GNP Seguros in Monterrey, BelTA has learned.
Belarus' world number 142 Olga Govortsova advanced into the second round after seeing off world number 131 Caroline Dolehide of the United States 3-6, 6-2, 6-1. Olga Govortsova will next play Ukraine's world number 7 Elina Svitolina.
In the Lyon Open round of Last 16 Belarus' Vera Lapko and her doubles partner Lidziya Marozava of Belarus will take on Brazil's Laura Pigossi and Rosalie Van Der Hoek of the Netherlands.
The competitions in Monterrey and Lyon will be over on 8 March.