Sabalenka defeats Zvonareva in Berlin opener

Belarusian tennis players are competing at the Grass Court Championships Berlin, BelTA has learned.

Belarus’ world number 2 Aryna Sabalenka beat Russia’s world number 1243 Vera Zvonareva, 6-3, 6-2. The Belarusian will next face either Russia’s Veronika Kudermetova or Qinwen Zheng of China.

The tournament in Berlin will be over on 25 June.