At the US Open Championship (US Open), one of the four series of "Grand Slam" series, all participants of the second round were determined.
to Regret, the Ukrainian representation was not charged two tennis players. Especially insulting for Alexander Dolgopolov, who was still in the first set asked for help to doctors, and when 5: 6, it was not forced to refuse to continue the struggle, having completed the fight early.
Ekaterina Kozlova adequately opposed ex -The first racket of the world, American Vinus Williams. Without taking one own feed in the first set, the Ukrainian gathered and won the second, comparable. In the third party of the decisive became the mistake of Kozlova in the tenth game, when she allowed the American to make a break and win the match 2: 6, 7: 5, 4: 6.
Ilya Markchenko, who coped with the uncompromising Croat, Ivan Dodig . The first two sets were given to him quite easily, but in the third he gave himself a relaxation and, by giving way to a tie break, allowed the opponent to reduce the lag. In the fourth party, Ilya inferior 2: 5, but won five geims in a row, including by making two breaks, and came out in the second round 6: 3, 6: 4, 6: 7, 7: 5.
At the next stage of Ukrainian tennis players, there are such confrontations: Sergey Stakhovsky Marin Chile (Croatia, "Sown" at the tournament under No. 7), Ilya Marchenko Damir Jumhur (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Ekaterina Bondarenko Zheng Syesai (China), Lesya Zurenko Van Yafan (China ), Elina Svitolina Lauren Davis (USA).
bbabo.Net