The leading Ukrainian tennis players continue with varying success to play in tournaments of series WTA.
Lesya Tsurenko after a victorious week in Guangzhou convincingly started in Tashkent in the tournament WTA International, with a prize Fund of $250,000. In the first round, sixth seeded in just 57 minutes avenged Russian woman Evgenia Homeland for the recent defeat at Wimbledon.
For the quarter-finals in the capital of Uzbekistan, Tsurenko will face the winner of the match between Ipek Soylu and Silvia Soler-Spinoza.
Lesya Tsurenko (Ukraine, 6) — Evgeniya Rodina (Russia) — 6:0, 6:2
Particular problems with overcoming the first hurdle in Tashkent have not originated and Catherine Kozlova, where you have to get at least to the quarter-finals for saving place in the top 100 of the WTA rankings. The first step is done – in two sets Kozlov beat once-promising Donna Vekic, which could not complete a comeback in the second set.
In the second round of the Ukrainian woman is waiting for Sophia On – tennis player from Georgia in the opening round unexpectedly beat third seeded Cagla Buyukakcay.
Kateryna Kozlova (Ukraine) – Donna Vekic (Croatia) – 6:1, 7:6
For the first racket of Ukraine Elina Svitolina in the final season of the tournament WTA Premier 5 in Wuhan ended after the second round. Kharkov for the third time in a month and a half without a chance lost titled Petra Kvitova.
Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) — Peter Kvitova (Czechia, 14) — 3:6, 1:6
