The BBVA Open Internacional de Valencia, the only WTA tournament in the Valencia region, has started its tenth edition with eight matches on the day before the event.
With a turnout of almost 1,000 people throughout the day, the trophy began with a strong presence of Valencian players, with up to four representatives from the Comunitat de Valencia taking to the courts.
Before the start, Leyre Romero, Anabel Medina, Oksana Selekmeteva and Raluca Serban held a clinic with dozens of children in the opening ceremony of the day.
Lucia Cortez and Ekaterina Kazionova opened 2025 on the main stage with a two-set win for the latter, while at the same time Ekaterina Gorgodze and Makkena Jones took the parallel stage with a 6-2, 6-1 win for the former.
Ángela Fita continued her two-set winning streak by eliminating Sofía Montesinos (6-0, 6-2), while Ane Mintegi did the same with Ylena On Albon (7-6, 7-5). Aoi Ito, in the afternoon, fell to Ariana Geerlings 6-7, 6-3, 6-2.
On the other side of the club, Cherubini and Ibragimova played the longest match of the day, with three sets in favour of the Italian by 6-4, 3-6 and 6-4.
After them, the local duel between Herrero and Lopez went the way of the former by 3-6, 7-6, 6-4 and the day ended with Charaeva and Kozyreva.
The main draw, which was drawn at midday and will have Solana Sierra and Nuria Párrizas as the main exponents on opposite sides, is now set.
