Lesya Tsurenko was able to get through to the second round of a major clay tournament of series WTA Premier 5 with prize money of €2,399,000.
On the background of last year’s breakthrough season for Lesya Tsurenko develops catastrophic eight times during the year, the Ukrainian lost in the opening round. This season Tsurenko only in Marrakech and Indian wells managed to qualify – the company wormed major tournament in Rome.
In the first round of the “Internazionali BNL d’italia” Tsurenko met with the winner of the qualifying tournament Julia Gerges, which occupies in the WTA rankings 62-th position. Until today, tennis players in official matches each other do not overlap.
The first set lasted just 26 minutes – Tsurenko twice lost his serve and took only one draw of the filing of Gerges. In the second game Les became a regular rival to deliver the problems at the reception – tennis players scored for four breaks and turned the showdown into a tie-break.
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In the course of the 13th Tsurenko game was lost 0:3, but found the strength to turn the tide of the match. Ukrainian from the first set-bol won the second party, and in the deciding set four breaks brought Tsurenko in the second round.
Julia Gerges (Germany)– Lesia Tsurenko (Ukraine) – 6:1, 6:7, 3:6
