The Ukrainian women’s team took the lead in the match
The first playoff match took place Billie Jean King Cup between women’s teams Ukraine And Austria — Lesya Tsurenko won over Tamira Pashek.
The match lasted 1 hour and 46 minutes. In the opening game, the Ukrainian led 4:0 with two breaks, then allowed Pashek to return to the game a little, but still did not miss the final victory in the set (6:3).
The second game turned out to be more competitive on the part of the Austrian. She was even close to a tiebreaker, but with the score 5:5, Tsurenko took the decisive game on her opponent’s serve, after which she converted the match point on the second attempt.
The second match of the Ukraine-Austria match will also take place today – Katarina Zavatskaya will face Sinya Kraus. The start of the game is no earlier than 22:25 Kyiv time.
Tomorrow, November 17, two more singles matches are planned, where the opponents will switch places: Tsurenko – Kraus and Zavatskaya – Pashek. If a fifth match is needed to determine the winning team, then in doubles Ukraine will be represented by Nadezhda Kichenok and Anastasia Soboleva, and Austria will be represented by the same Pashek and Kraus.
The winner of the Ukraine-Austria meeting will receive the right to compete in the qualification of the world finals in 2025.
- Billie Jean King Cup Playoffs. Ukraine – Austria. 1st match
Lesya Tsurenko (Ukraine) — Tamira Paszek (Austria) — 2:0 (6:3, 7:5)
The score in the match was 1:0 in favor of Ukraine
Source: Sportarena
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