Ukrainian tennis players continue with varying success to play in tournaments of series ATP and WTA.
Ilya Marchenko suffered a bitter defeat in Antwerp in the first round, the Ukrainian lost the 43rd-ranked Kyle Edmund. Marchenko could beat your rival in two sets, but instead lost both games.
During the first set, the Ukrainian was leading 5:3, then on his serve and missed a set-bol, but on the tiebreak missed three chances to take the lead. In the second set, the situation repeated itself – this time Edmund battled back from 2:5 and went from a double set point, and the tie-breaker coolly finished off the opponent.
Kyle Edmund (UK) – Ilya Marchenko (Ukraine) – 7:6, 7:6
Lesya Tsurenko at the Kremlin Cup through the qualification, but in the first round of the main draw are unable to finish the match with Yulia Putintseva. Ukrainian, conceding 0:3, reduced the gap to one game, but again lost her serve and more to win the set is not claimed.
On the second batch of Ukrainian, after consulting with his coach, decided not to go – he reminded himself of old problems. This match was the last for Tsurenko WTA tour in 2016-m to year.
Lesya Tsurenko (Ukraine) – Yulia Putintseva (Kazakhstan) – 3:6, failure Tsurenko
