Polina Kudermetova, in an archive photograph taken on 2026-06-23. This is not a photograph of the November 2026 Chennai match. Photo: “Kudermetova WMQ26 (28)” © sirobi 2026, si.robi / Flickr, CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized and JPEG re-encoded; no crop or content changes.
Polina Kudermetova moved into the second round of the Chennai Open with a 6–3, 4–6, 6–1 victory over Viktoria Morvayova on Tuesday, November 3.
The sixth seed won the opening set, but lucky loser Morvayova took the second to force a decider. Kudermetova then allowed her opponent just one game in the third set.
The WTA’s official match summary described the first-round contest as a three-set win over a lucky loser. Kudermetova’s victory secured a place in the last 16 of the WTA 250 tournament.
The first-round match was played on Court 2. Morvayova’s main-draw singles run ended with the defeat.
