An eventful day 2 in Saint Petersburg saw many fascinating matches and a stellar display from Saint Petersburg born Svetlana Kuznetsova. The day 3 schedule of play has her play against Belinda Bencic. Whether she can win that match remains to be seen but let's see who will join them on the courts today.
Besides the aforementioned match between Bencic and Kuznetsova, there will be 4 more matches played. Kuznetsova was born in Saint Petersburg so she has a special connection to this tournament. Yesterday she had a spectacular match but today her opponent is much tougher. The 1st one will be between Ostapenko and Cornet. It's a fascinating clash between two players who have had a solid season's so far.
The next match will be an enjoyment for the Saint Petersburg crowd. It will feature Russian Potapova and Australian Tomljanovic. The Russian is a slight favorite but never discount the Australian Fighting spirit. After them, we will see Konta against Dodin. The British player received a Wild Card entry while Dodin entered the main draw through qualification. Konta hasn't won over 2 months so it will be interesting to see whether she can break that negative streak.
The schedule of play will end with Rybakina and Ferro so while no Russian will close out the day the Saint Petersburg crowd will still be able to see a spectacular match.