Ningbo (China), Oct. 21 (LaPresse) – A bitter start for Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini in the doubles draw at the ‘BNB Ningbo Open’, a WTA 500 tournament offering prize money of 1,206,446 dollars, being played on the hard courts of the Yinzhou International Tennis Centre in the metropolis in China’s Zhejiang province. The 39-year-old from Massa Lombarda (world No. 15 in doubles) and the 30-year-old from Bagni di Lucca (No. 29), ninth in the Race to Indian Wells and aiming to qualify for the WTA Finals, lost 7-5, 6-3 in just over an hour and a half to Spain’s Cristina Bucsa (No. 13) and American Nicole Melichar-Martinez (No. 9), the top seeds.
Tennis, WTA Ningbo: Errani and Paolini knocked out in doubles at the first hurdle
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Ningbo (China), Oct. 21 (LaPresse) – A bitter start for Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini in the doubles draw at the ‘BNB Ningbo Open’, a WTA 500 tournament offering prize money of 1,206,446 dollars, being played on the hard courts of the Yinzhou International Tennis Centre in the metropolis in China’s Zhejiang province. The 39-year-old from Massa Lombarda (world No. 15 in doubles) and the 30-year-old from Bagni di Lucca (No. 29), ninth in the Race to Indian Wells and aiming to qualify for the WTA Finals, lost 7-5, 6-3 in just over an hour and a half to Spain’s Cristina Bucsa (No. 13) and American Nicole Melichar-Martinez (No. 9), the top seeds.
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