Lesya Tsurenko will start the selection against Japanese Naito
Ukrainian tennis players recognized their opponents in Australian Open 2023 qualifiers.
At the start of the selection Lesya Tsurenko play against Japanese Yuki Naito. Last year, Tsurenko defeated the representative of Japan in the final qualification for Roland Garros.
For the third year in a row, the Ukrainian starts her performance in Melbourne with a qualification. In 2021, Tsurenko lost in the final round of selection, and last season she made it to the main draw and lost to future champion Ashleigh Barty.
rival Daria Snigur will become the 167th racket of the world Fernanda Contreras Gomez from Mexico. For the Ukrainian, this is the third participation in the Australian Open qualification.
Another Ukrainian Katharina Zawatskaya meet with Evoy Vedder from the Netherlands. Zavatskaya will play in the tournament qualification for the fourth time. The previous three attempts to break into the basis of the Australian Open for the tennis player were unsuccessful.
The only representative of Ukraine in the men’s tournament – Alexey Krutykh will play against Stefan Kozlov from USA. Krutykh will make his qualifying debut at the Grand Slam tournaments.
Qualifying matches will start in Melbourne on January 9th. The main part of the Australian Open 2023 will take place from 16 to 29 January.
Source: Sportarena
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