MOSCOW, Aug 17 Russian Veronika Kudermetova advanced to the third round of the category tennis tournament WTA 1000 in Cincinnati, the prize fund of which exceeds $ 2.5 million. In the second round, Kudermetova was supposed to play with the 15th seeded Simona Halep, but the Romanian tennis player withdrew from the tournament. Paula Badosa and Australian Ayla Tomlyanovic.
