The “neutral” Russian woman lost to Lesya in the qualifying final, but advanced to the main round as a “lucky loser”
Ukrainian tennis players Dayana Yastremskaya And Lesya Tsurenko found out the opponents in the main draw of the tournament WTA 1000 V Wuhan (China).
Dayana, ranked 35th in the world ranking, will fight “neutral” Erika Andreeva (No. 67), who lost to Tsurenko in the qualifying final, but still entered the main round as a “lucky loser.”
Lesya herself (No. 88) will face off against Briton Katie Boulter (No. 34), with whom she has a positive balance of meetings (three wins, one loss).
Let us remind you that the first racket of Ukraine Marta Kostyuk (18th in the WTA rankings) will also play at the tournament in Wuhan, whose opponent in the first round will be Elina Avanesyan (No. 47), representing Armenia. Elina Svitolina was also expected to participate in the event, but the Ukrainian ended the season early due to injury.
Another Ukrainian tennis player Yulia Starodubtseva, who previously reached the quarter finals of the WTA 1000 tournament in Beijing and guaranteed herself a place in the top 100 of the world rankings, was unable to make it into the main draw of the event in Wuhan, losing in the qualifying final to Anna Bondar from Hungary.
Source: Sportarena
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