The Ukrainian Lesya Tsurenko continues her successful performance at Roland Garros, the Grand Slam tournament with a prize fund of 49.6 million euros (66th position in the WTA women’s world ranking).
Following the victory over the 13th racket of the world, Czech Barbora Kreychikova, the Kiev resident met with the American Lauren Davis (52nd), with whom she had only crossed paths on the court once, having won in 2018 in Mexican Acapulco (6:4, 6:1) ) .
The tennis players began the reporting duel with an exchange of “courtesies”, giving each other a game in turn on their serves, but the Ukrainian was the first to pull herself together, who won the set in exactly an hour. By the way, during the first game, Davis, whose parents are hereditary doctors (her mother still works as a nurse in the tennis player’s hometown, and her father is a well-known cardiologist in the USA), asked for a medical break, complaining of abdominal pain, which again made itself known know and at the beginning of the second installment. In the end, the American decided not to finish the match and withdrew, and Lesya Tsurenko won - 6:3, 1:0.
Having guaranteed herself 142 thousand euros in prize money, Tsurenko advanced to the third round, where her opponent will be the winner of the match between Canadian Bianca Andreescu (42nd) and Spaniard Emma Navarro (75th). By the way, the best result of the Ukrainian on the courts of Paris is the fourth round, which she reached in 2018.
Earlier, FACTS reported that Elina Svitolina, with the support of a man, won a hard victory at Roland Garros.
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Source: Fakty
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