Ksenia Palkina wins second international tennis tournament in row

Kyrgyzstani Ksenia Palkina won an international tennis tournament. This is reported by official website of the international federation.

Competitions were held in the city of Shymkent (Kazakhstan). In singles, Palkina defeated Ekaterina Dmitrichenko (Kazakhstan) — 6:4, 6:1 and Elena Malygina (Estonia) — 7:6, 6:2. In the quarter finals, she lost to Ulyana Aizatulina (Russia) — 4:6, 2:6 and dropped out of the fight.

In doubles, the Kyrgyzstani played in a duet with Mariana Drazic (Croatia). On the way to the final they beat Albina Khabibulina (Uzbekistan) and Stephanie Judith Wisher (Netherlands) — 6:3, 6:3, Polina Goloputova (Kazakhstan) and Arina Solomatina (Russia) — 6:2, 6:0, Ulyana Aizatulina and Margarita Lazareva (Russia) — 6:1, 6:2. In a decisive match, as well as a week earlier at another tournament in Shymkent, Palkina and Drazic beated Darya Detskovskaya and Zhibek Kulambaeva (both from Kazakhstan) — 7:5, 6:2.