Ukrainian tennis players Ilya Marchenko and Ekaterina Kozlova badly at tournaments in Newport and Bucharest respectively.
Marchenko after a successful performance at Wimbledon was decided in the USA to extend your herb season. Ukrainian the status of eight rooms of sowing was trying to match with the 142-th racket of the world by Bjorn Fratangelo to complete a protracted series of defeats in the tournaments of ATP series.
During the first set Marchenko was leading 5:3, but at the crucial moment failed to defend his serve and lost the game on the tiebreak. In the second set, Ilya organized several breaks and kept the chances to win. The key moment of the match came in the tenth game when the score was 4:5 Marchenko failed the game on his serve and lost the match.
Bjorn Fratangelo (USA) — Ilya Marchenko (Ukraine, 8) — 7:6, 1:6, 6:4
Ekaterina Kozlova came to Bucharest after a successful ITF tournaments. Ukrainka had a good chance to open the scoring victories in 2017 on the WTA, as her rival Jacqueline Adina Cristian held his debut meeting at this level.
Kozlov during the match led 6:4, 4:2, but too early to believe in your success and ultimately failed to end the match. This defeat does not allow a Ukrainian to think about returning to the top 100.
Jacqueline Adina Cristian (Romania) — Kateryna Kozlova (Ukraine) — 4:6, 6:4, 6:2
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