Ukrainian tennis players with varying degrees of success started large tournament WTA Premier 5 in UAE.
Ekaterina Bondarenko only at the end of February, opened the scoring victories in the main draw at tournaments elite category. The third racket of Ukraine in Dubai won willed victory over the Belarusian Arina Sobolenko, which occupies a 140-th line in the rating of WTA.
During the first set Bondarenko led 2-0, but failed the end of the party. Further Sobolenko every time better spent starting games, but Bondarenko through experience has found the strength to turn the tide of the match.
To build on its success in Dubai Ekaterina Bondarenko will try to match with the star Spaniard Garbine Muguruza, seeded on tournament at the fifth number.
Ekaterina Bondarenko (Ukraine) — Arina Sobolenko (Belarus) — 4:6, 6:4, 6:3
Lesya Tsurenko after brilliant performances for the national team of Ukraine in the match of the Federation Cup failed trip to the UAE. In the first round from Kiev were able to take only two games from 57-th racket of the world Shuai Peng.
Tsurenko could not take a single break, and his serve has lost six games. A total failure which should be set to leave behind.
Shuai Peng (China) — Lesia Tsurenko (Ukraine) — 6:1, 6:1
Elina Svitolina, received in Dubai the seventh room seeding, automatically followed by the second round. The following rival of the first racket of Ukraine will be Zheng Saisai.
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