Ukrainian tennis players continue with varying success to play in tournaments of series WTA.
The third racket of Ukraine Kateryna Bondarenko in the opening round of a clay tournament in Rabat had to play with the German girl Laura Sigemund, but that after winning a major tournament in Stuttgart refused to travel to Morocco and rival Bondarenko became the 155th ranked Silvia Soler-Espinosa.
The first set was easy prey for Bondarenko – Kateryna made two breaks, and on his serve and never allowed the rival to reach the break points. The only achievement Soler-Espinosa in this match was a back break in the middle of the second set. With the score 4:4 Bondarenko was again noted at the reception, and then served for the match.
Next opponent Ekaterina Bondarenko in Rabat will be the seventh seed Lauren Davis.
Ekaterina Bondarenko (Ukraine) – Silvia Soler-Espinosa (Spain) – 6:1, 6:4
Lesia Tsurenko from the moment of victory on hard-court tournament in Acapulco and has not won a single match – the second racket of Ukraine in Prague lost the sixth match in a row, and in the course of their unsuccessful series Tsurenko has won only two sets.
In the match’s 50th racket of the world Jelena Ostapenko Tsurenko made four breaks, but the disastrous game on his serve and did not allow the Forest to threaten on the way to the second round.
Elena Ostapenko (Latvia) – Lesia Tsurenko (Ukraine) – 6:4, 6:3
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