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Seven Ukrainians will start at Wimbledon

Семь украинцев стартуют на УимблдонеOn the main grass tennis event of the season will serve a minimum of seven representatives of Ukraine.

In the men’s singles at Wimbledon a place in the main draw was awarded to Mr. Alexander Dolgopolov, Illya Marchenko and Sergiy Stakhovsky, and Artem Smirnov and Denis Molchanov will try to get into the first round through the qualification tournament.

Women representation than ever before – Elina Svitolina are guaranteed to fall in the seeding, and the first racket of the country will be Lesia Tsurenko, Ekaterina Bondarenko and Kateryna Kozlova, whose imminent appearance at Wimbledon will debut in his career. In the qualification will play Marina Zanevsky and Olga Savchuk.

Last year the Ukrainians at Wimbledon did not stay long – Dolgopolov, Svitolina and Tsurenko lost in the second round, Sergiy Stakhovsky sheathed racket after the first round.

Wimbledon 2016 will compete for a record prize sum of the best tennis players in the world will compete for 41 million euros, and the winner in the men’s and women’s singles will receive 2.9 million euros. Current Champions of Wimbledon are the first racket of the world Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams.

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