On April 26, Starodubtseva, occupying the 99th line in the world ranking, with a score of 2: 6, 7: 6, 6: 0 outplayed the Russian woman Lyudmila Samsonova (20th racket of the world).
In the fourth circle (1/8 finals), the Ukrainian will again go to the court against the “neutral” Russian woman, this time her rival will be the seventh racket of the world Mirra Andreev.
On April 27, Svitolin (17th racket of the world) and Kostyuk (36th in the WTA ranking) played their fights of the third circle on Mutua Madrid Open.
First, Kostyuk in three parties defeated the “neutral” Russian woman Veronika Kudermetov (54th in the world ranking)-6: 0, 4: 6, 6: 4.
Then Svitolina in two parties defeated Elena Rybakina (11th racket of the world), who plays for Kazakhstan, but was born in Russia and lives in Russia, the result of the fight-6: 3, 6: 4.
The following games in Madrid Svitolin will be held against Maria Sakkari from Greece (82nd in the world ranking), and Kostyuk will be against the next Russian woman, Anastasia Potapova (39th in the WTA ranking).
In total, four Ukrainians started in the main mesh of a single category of the tournament in Madrid, but Dayana Yastremskaya stopped the fight in the second round, losing the fourth racket of the world Coco Gauf from the USA (6: 0, 2: 6, 5: 7).
Context
Mutua Madrid Open from the WTA1000 series takes place from April 22 to May 4 in Madrid on soil courts. The prize fund of the tournament is $ 8.964 million.
