The first Grand Slam tennis tournament of the season began in Melbourne, Australia.
Not all Ukrainian tennis players made it to the first round of the Australian Open-2023. It should be noted that by the will of a blind lot, all five of our representatives in the main draw have already played on the first day of the tournament.
The first and second racket of Ukraine – respectively Angelina Kalinina and Marta Kostyuk, without any problems passed their rivals in the opening match – the representatives of the United States. Kalinina defeated Coco Vandewey, and Kostyuk defeated Amanda Anisimova.
At the same time, Lesya Tsurenko and Dayana Yastremskaya left the contest. Tsurenko could not compete with Czech Karolina Muchova, and Yastremska could not compete with Latvian tennis player Alena Ostapenko.
Australian Open-2023. 1/64 finals. woman
Dayana Yastremskaya (Ukraine) – Alena Ostapenko (Latvia) – 4:6, 2:6
Coco Vandewey (USA) – Angelina Kalinina (Ukraine) – 3:6, 1:6
Lesya Tsurenko (Ukraine) – Karolina Muchova (Czech Republic) – 2:6, 1:6
Marta Kostyuk (Ukraine) – Amanda Anisimova (USA) – 6:3, 6:4
It should be noted that another representative of Ukraine in women’s singles – Katerina Beindl, is playing her first round match at the Australian Open at the moment.
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