For the quarter-finals of the Kremlin Cup, Tsurenko competed with the second-seeded Coco Vandeweghe. Ukrainian tried to get the 14-th racket of the world revenge for the defeat two years ago in Wuhan.
In the first set Tsurenko with the score 2:5 won five games in a row and took the match. Vandeweghe in the second game made two breaks, and on his serve and did not allow a single break point.
During the decisive set, Tsurenko was lost 0:2, but found the strength for another impressive comeback. Won six games in a row – and Les the second time in the season beat tennis player from the top 15.
Next opponent Lesia Tsurenko in Moscow will be the seventh seed Julia Gorges, which the Ukrainian recently beat at Wimbledon.
Lesya Tsurenko (Ukraine) – Coco Vandeweghe (USA, 2) – 7:5, 1:6, 6:2
Sergei Stakhovsky in the second round of the tournament in Antwerp failed to pressurize the strongest tennis player of Portugal Joao Souza. From Kiev won the first set, in the second game when the score was 3:2 missed double break-point and more to win is not claimed.
Sergiy Stakhovsky (Ukraine) – Joao Sousa (Portugal) – 7:5, 4:6, 4:6
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