Brazilian Bia Haddad Maia is classified for the third phase of the Australian Open. The athlete got past Julia Riera and Erika Andreeva to reach this stage of the tournament. Now, Bia will face Russian Veronika Kudermetova. The game should be on Saturday (18/01), but there is still a time to be defined, and the date may change.
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Who is Veronika Kudermetova and what is the WTA ranking?
Veronika Kudermetova was born on April 24, 1997, in Moscow, Russia.
The Russian reached her first career final in 2015, in an ITF tournament. In 2016, she won titles in Imola and Astana, which led her to compete in her first WTA challenger.
His first Grand Slam was in 2017, precisely at the Australian Open. The tennis player then transitioned to appearing in WTA Tour events.
The greatest moments of the tennis player’s career, however, were in doubles. In 2019, he won the WTA 1000 in Wuhan with Duan Yingying.
In 2021, he won his first singles trophy, the WTA Tour Finals, a WTA 500 in Charleston, USA, beating Danka Kovinić. In the same year, he won the Dubai Championships alongside Elise Mertens in doubles.
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Still in 2021, she almost won an Olympic medal in doubles, but finished fourth alongside Elena Vesnina after losing the bronze medal game to Brazilians Laura Pigossi and Luisa Stefani.
In 2022, she reached the Wimbledon final playing with Elena Vesnina, but was defeated by Hsieh Su-wei and Elise Mertens. In the same year, he won the Italian Open alongside Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. At the end of the season, she won the WTA Finals again with Elise Mertens as her partner.
In 2023, she won the Dubai Championships with Liudmila Samsonova, and in the same year, she won the WTA Elite Trophy in Zhuhai. The curiosity is that the Russian’s partner was precisely Beatriz Haddad Maia.
Still in 2023, she won her second singles tournament, the Pan Pacific Open, another WTA 500, against Veronika Kudermetova.
His last trophy was in 2024, winning the Stuttgart Grand Prix playing alongside Chan Hao-ching.
To reach the third round of the 2025 Australian Open, where she will face Bia Haddad Maia, the Russian beat Australian Olivia Gadecki and English Katie Boulter.
Her best WTA ranking as a singles player was ninth place in 2022. In doubles, she reached second place in the same year. She is currently 75th in singles and 17th in doubles.
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Bia Haddad Maia x Veronika Kudermetova: where to watch
- Date: to be defined (probably January 18th, Saturday)
- Opening hours: to be defined
- Where to watch: ESPN (closed TV) and Disney+ (streaming)
Main titles of Bia Haddad’s career
- Nottingham Open 2022
- Birmingham Classic 2022
- WTA Elite Trophy 2023
- WTA 500 Seoul 2024
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