Rutlauka Reaches Last 16 at W15 Tournament in Tunisia

An ITF women's W15 hard-court tennis tournament is under way in Monastir, Tunisia. Latvian player Sabine Rutlauka (ranked 742nd in the world) won her first-round match 6:3, 6:3 against Croatia's Nika Cakaru, who is 17 years old and does not yet have a world ranking. The victory put her into the last 16.

The match statistics favoured Rutlauka in first-serve percentage (46 against 35) and converted break points (7 of 11 against 4 of 11). She won 68 points to her opponent's 51. The Latvian hit one ace and seven double faults, while her opponent had no aces and 13 double faults. The match lasted 1 hour 35 minutes.

As a last-16 participant, Rutlauka earns prize money of 294 US dollars and one ranking point. Her next opponent will be determined tomorrow.

Doubles success

On the same day, Rutlauka and Ukrainian partner Mariya Lazarenko won their doubles last-16 match 6:1, 6:0 in 45 minutes against Tunisians Emna Garbi and Lina Melki. In the next round the Latvian-Ukrainian pair will face Romania's Diana Mihaila and Bulgaria's Ioana Moneva.

Vismane plays in Scotland

A higher-category W75 hard-court tournament is being held in Glasgow, Scotland's largest city. Latvian player Daniela Vismane (ranked 942nd) is playing British opponent Elisa Gillen (700th), who once reached 466th in the world rankings, in the first round. At the time of the source's publication Vismane had won the first set 6:3 and lost the second 2:6, with the match still in progress.