Kudermetova and Timofeeva reach doubles final at Guangzhou Open

In the semifinals, the Uzbekistani duo defeated the pair Janice Tjen (Indonesia) and Venus Williams (USA) in three sets with a score of 6:4, 6:7 (8:10), 10:6. Kudermetova and Timofeeva won the first set, lost the second in a tiebreak, and the match's outcome was decided in a champions' tiebreak. In the final scheduled for November 1, they face Taiwan representatives I-Hsuan Cho and Yi-Tsen Cho.

Earlier, according to UzA, in the round of 16, Timofeeva and Kudermetova beat Argentine Nicole Fossa Huergo and Elena Pridankina, competing under a neutral status, with a score of 6:1, 3:6, 10:6. The agency named Eri Hozumi of Japan and Andreja Klepac of Slovenia as their quarterfinal opponents at the time.

In singles play, as UzA reported on October 29, Timofeeva beat Serbia's Teodora Kostovic 6:4, 6:1 in the opening round, and was set to face Sun Xinran of China in the second round. The competition in Guangzhou kicked off on October 26 and concludes on November 1, 2026.