In the second round of the competition in Strasbourg Bondarenko met with seventh seeded Elena Vesnina. Interestingly, tennis players met in a WTA tour for the first time since 2006 – ten years ago in Tashkent in three sets to beat Ekaterina.
For Bondarenko, the match started with double faults on break point in the fifth game Vesnina took another break. Bondarenko immediately answered with his active, but to return to the batch failed.
At the start of the second set Bondarenko led 3:0 – Vesnina for the eighth game completed its comeback. With the score 5:5 Catherine lost his serve in the next game missed a double break-point.
See also: Tennis in Ukrainian, Bondarenko finished the competition in Charleston
Vesnina in the second match ball sent the rival to Paris, where after a few days starts the Open championship of France.
Ekaterina Bondarenko (Ukraine) – Elena Vesnina (Russia, 7) – 4:6, 5:7
