WTA - St. Petersburg 1R almost complete

First round completed in St.Petersburg.

2021 St. Petersburg Ladies’ Trophy - a WTA 500 tournament, on Hard Indoor, in St. Petersburg, Russia, 15-21 March 2021.

2020 champion (not defending):

Kiki Bertens (2) who defeated Elena Rybakina (8) 6-1 6-3

First round results:

- Tereza Martincova defeated Stefanie Voegele 6-0 4-6 6-4

- Katerina Siniakova defeated Kirsten Flipkens 6-1 6-2

- Wildcard Margarita Gasparyan defeated Kristina Mladenovic (7) 6-7(1) 6-1 6-1

- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (5) defeated lucky loser Cagla Buyukakcay 6-4 6-4

- Qualifier Jaqueline Cristian defeated Vera Lapko 6-7(3) 6-4 2-1 (retired)

- Qualifier Wang Xinyu defeated Viktoriya Tomova 6-1 5-7 7-5

- Daria Kasatkina (8) defeated qualifier Clara Tauson 6-4 7-6(0)

- Qualifier Kamilla Rakhimova defeated wildcard Daria Mishina 6-1 6-7(2) 61