The meeting lasted 1 hour 16 minutes and ended with a score of 2: 6, 3: 6.
In the next round, Mukhova will play with the fourth seeded - Croatian Donna Vekic.
Earlier, Anastasia Potapova lost to Anna Kalinskaya at the start of the Kremlin Cup.
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2019-10-14T19:46:27.974Z
Russian woman Svetlana Kuznetsova was defeated by Karolina Mukhova from the Czech Republic in the first round match of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) in Moscow - VTB Kremlin Cup.
The meeting lasted 1 hour 16 minutes and ended with a score of 2: 6, 3: 6.
In the next round, Mukhova will play with the fourth seeded - Croatian Donna Vekic.
Earlier, Anastasia Potapova lost to Anna Kalinskaya at the start of the Kremlin Cup.
Source: russiart