Svitolin, which occupies the 14th line in the world ranking, with a score of 6: 4, 3: 6, 6: 4 won on May 10 by Haley Baptist from the USA (90th in the WTA ranking).
The Tennis of Ukraine writes that in the second set of Svitolin took a break due to problems in the abdomen and left the court. In the decisive set, she did not implement five matchballs on her presentation and took a decisive point in the next game.
The next rival of the Ukrainian-in the 1/8 finals-will become Daniel Collins from the USA (35th racket of the world).
Kostyuk (the 27th racket of the world) of her fight against Leila Fernandez from Canada (26th in the WTA ranking) played on May 11 and won two sets-6: 4, 6: 2.
In the 1/8 finals, the Ukrainian tennis player will play against the first racket of the world Arina Sobolenko – Belarusian, who performs in the “neutral” status.
On April 30, Kostyuk and Sobolenko met in the quarterfinals of the Mutua Madrid Open tournament (Spain). The rivals twice in two sets played to the stage of the tai-break, and both once won Sobolenko. The final result is 7: 6, 7: 6. During the second ta-break, with a score of 5: 4 in favor of Kostyuk, Sobolenko interrupted the duel, citing the rain, wrote BTU.
Context
Internationali BNL D'Talia from the WTA1000 series from May 6 to May 18 in Rome on soil courts. The prize fund of the women's tournament is $ 6.9 million.
Three Ukrainians started in the main mesh of a single category, but Dayana Yastremskaya (45th racket of the world) lost in the first round of the “neutral” Russian woman Anastasia Potapova (34th in the world ranking)-6: 2, 6: 7, 3: 6.
