Kazakh Shvedova loses at the start of Australian Open

ASTANA. KAZINFORM - Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan has crashed out of the 2017 Australian Open in Melbourne, Kazinform has learnt from Sports.kz.

Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu seeded 27th at the tournament outplayed Shvedova in a three-set match 5-7, 6-3, 6-4.

The match lasted for 2 hours 18 minutes.

After losing in the singles' opening match, Shvedova will continue her AO campaign together with American Vania King. The 8th-seeded Kazakh-American duo is expected to play against Chinese Qiang Wang and Thai Varatchaya Wongteanchai.