Angelina Kalinina and Lesya Tsurenko failed to overcome the 1/16 final stage in the competition.
In the major tennis tournament of the WTA1000 series in American Indian Wells, there are no representatives of Ukraine in the women’s singles category.
It can be remembered that Angelina Kalinina and Lesya Tsurenko won the first two laps in the competition.
The first racket of Ukraine met in the 1/16 finals with the representative of Greece Maria Sakkari. Kalinina managed to win the first set, but lost the next two games. Note that the match lasted two hours and 31 minutes. During this period, the Ukrainian filed three aces and committed eight unforced errors. He also sold three out of nine breaks.
Indian Wells. woman 1/16 finals
Maria Sakkari (Greece) – Angelina Kalinina (Ukraine) – 3:6, 6:2, 6:4
As for Lesya Tsurenko, she did not enter the third round against Belarusian Arina Sabolenko. According to our athlete, he was unable to play because of a panic attack. As a result, the organizers announced the refusal of the Ukrainian woman a few minutes before the start of the meeting, awarding her a loss of defeat.
“The reason for the refusal is a panic attack. Officially, “personal reasons” will be written, but in fact they are breathing problems and, one might say, hysteria.
A few days ago I spoke with our WTA CEO Steve Simon. I was very surprised by what I heard. He told me that he himself does not support the war, but if the players from Russia and Belarus support it, then it is only their opinion, and other people’s opinion should not upset me. At the same time, he noted that if this happened to him, and he was in my place, he would feel terrible.
He also expressed confidence that the Russians and Belarusians will return to the Olympics, saying that it will happen exactly as it is happening now in tennis. He also said that “fair play” and the Olympic principles are not being violated, but the opposite. The fact that they will perform at the Olympics will show that these principles work, that everyone is equal and everyone has a chance to compete there.
When asked if he understood that he was telling me this during the active phase of the Russian military invasion of my country, he said yes, and that this was his opinion.
I was totally blown away by this conversation and in the last game it was incredibly difficult to play, difficult to get together now, when it’s time to go on the court. I had a panic attack, I couldn’t get out of there. I really hope that I can digest all this information and be ready for the next tournament,” said BTU Tsurenko.
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