Kazakhstan's Kulambayeva captures ITF’s W40 Skopje doubles title

Kazakhstan’s Zhibek Kulambayeva paired with Lithuanian Justina Mikulskyte claimed the ITF’s W40 Skopje doubles title in Northern Macedonia, Kazinform cites Sports.kz.
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The top-seed Kazakh-Lithuanian duo stunned Rina Saigo and Yukina Saigo of Japan in straight sets 6-3, 6-4 in the final of the tournament.

It is worth mentioning that Kulambayeva and Mikulskyte eliminated Greek tandem Eleni Christofi and Dimitra Pavlou and the Croatian-German duo Iva Primorac and Natalia Siedliska in the quarterfinal and opening matches, respectively.

The prize fund of the tournament totals $40,000.

Before the start of the tournament Zhibek Kulambayeva was ranked 156th in the WTA Doubles Rankings – her career’s best.


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