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Tennis in Ukrainian: Tsurenko reached the semi-finals in Acapulco

The second racket of Ukraine Lesya Tsurenko entered the four strongest on hard courts tournament in Acapulco (Mexico).

During his debut season semifinal Tsurenko competed with the strongest player of Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, seeded on tournament at the third number. Tennis players first met at the official level.

First set Tsurenko took due taken two innings of the opponent, and in his serving girl were played five of six break points.

In the course of the second batch Ostapenko led 4:1 and was a successful raffle of a break. Tsurenko due to the nature of the equaliser, and the tie-break took five points at the reception, which was enough to not delay the match to the maximum distance.

Next opponent Lesia Tsurenko in Acapulco to become the first racket of the tournament Mirjana Lucic-Baroni, who in January at the Australian Open sensationally reached the semi-finals, and in Mexico in three matches, has not lost a single set.

Elena Ostapenko (Latvia, 3) – Lesia Tsurenko (Ukraine, 7) – 3:6, 6:7

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