In a pair with American Gleason, Julia beat the Swedish duo Hennemann/Saar
Ukrainian tennis player Julia Starodubtseva paired with an American Quinn Gleason reached the semi-finals of the tournament WTA 125 in Swedish Bastade in doubles.
Yulia and Quinn confidently dealt with the Swedish tandem Kajsa Vilda Hennemann / Lisa Saar. The match lasted 67 minutes.
In the first set, the Ukrainian-American duo led 3:0, then 5:2. The opponents managed to reduce the gap to a minimum, but in the next game, the favorites of the confrontation realized the set point. The second set was a one-sided affair and ended with a crushing triumph for Starodubtseva and Gleason.
Yulia thus broke her mini-series of defeats. Earlier, the Ukrainian was eliminated in the second round of Wimbledon 2024 by New Zealander Lulu Sun, having successfully overcome three qualifying rounds and beaten Belgian Alison van Uytvanck at the start of the main draw. After that, Starodubtseva lost to her compatriot Katarina Zavatska at the start of the singles draw of the same tournament in Bastad.
- WTA 125. Bastad, Sweden. Doubles. Quarterfinals
Quinn Gleason / Julia Starodubtseva (USA / Ukraine, 3) — Kajsa Vilda Hennemann / Lisa Saar (Sweden) — 2:0 (6:4, 6:1)
Source: Sportarena
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