MOSCOW, Jan 9 Russian Veronica Kudermetova lost to Romanian Simone Halep in the tennis final tournament in Melbourne, Australia, the prize fund of which exceeds 239 thousand dollars. The meeting ended with a score of 6: 2, 6: 3 in favor of the two-time winner of the Grand Slam tournaments. Also on Sunday, American Amanda Anisimova was stronger than Belarusian Alexandra Sosnovich with a score of 7: 5, 1: 6, 6: 4 in the finals of the side event in Melbourne. The first racket of the world Ashley Barty (Australia) beat Elena Rybakina from Kazakhstan with a score of 6: 3, 6: 2 in the final of the tournament in Adelaide, Australia.
