Tennis
Tsurenko beat the 21st racket in 2 tiebreaks at the WTA 500 tournament in China
Ukrainian tennis player Lesya Tsurenko (WTA 43) reached the quarter-finals in the challenging WTA 500 series tournament held in Zhengzhou (China).
In the second round of the competition, the Ukrainian player defeated the world’s 21st player from Croatia in two tiebreaks Donna Vekic In 2 hours and 14 minutes.
WTA 500 Zhengzhou. Difficult. 1/8 final
Lesya Tsurenko (Ukraine) [Q] – Donna Vekic (Croatia) [10] – 7:6 (7:4), 7:6 (7:2)
Lesya is inside
This was the third meeting between the tennis players, and all three matches were played in 2023. Lesya beat the Croat for the 2nd time.
In the quarter-finals of the tournament in China, Tsurenko will face the winner of the match between Barbora Krejcikova and Petra Martic.
Previously, another Ukrainian, Angelina Kalinina, also reached the quarter-finals.
Source: Sport UA
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