05:17, 17 January 2018 | GMT +6
Kazakh Putintseva battles through to Australian Open 2nd round
ASTANA. KAZINFORM - World №54 Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan kicked off her Australian Open 2018 campaign with a win in Melbourne, Kazinform has learnt from Sports.kz.
Putintseva, 23, sent home British Heather Watson ranked 68th in the world after eliminating her in straight sets 7-5, 7-6.
Next, she will face Romanian Ana Bogdan who surprising routed 11th-seeded Kristina Mladenovic 6-3, 6-2.