OREANDA-NEWS  Russian Valeria Savinykh lost to Japanese Nao Hibino in the first round match of a tennis tournament in Hua Hin, Thailand, with a prize fund of more than 250 thousand dollars.

The match ended with a score of 6:0, 6:2 in favor of the Japanese. Savinykh made her way to the main draw of the tournament through qualification. The tennis players spent 1 hour and 8 minutes on the court. In the second round, Hibino will play against the winner of the match between the representative of Taiwan Lian Ensho and Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk (5th seeding).