Thus, the sixth racket of the world beat 40 world championships Carlo Suarez Navarro with a score of 6: 2, 6: 4. The match lasted 1 hour and 30 minutes, for which the Ukrainian made 11 aces, allowed three double errors and realized four break-points.
On the account of the opponent one ice and one break-point. In the second round Svitolina will play against the Croatian Ana Konyukh.
In turn, Lesia did not experience problems with Australian Ashley Barty - 6: 3, 6: 2. The match lasted just over an hour, during which the Ukrainian made five aces, four double mistakes and realized three break-points. On account of the Australian two aces and one double error.
In the next round Tsurenko will play with Estonian Kaya Kaneppi.
Also in the main grid tournament in Brisbane will play another Ukrainian tennis player Katerina Bondarenko, who in the final of the qualification beat compatriot Dayanu Yastremskaya - 6: 2, 4: 6, 6: 4.
As previously reported in "URA-Inform", Ukrainian tennis player Sergei Stakhovsky after the first match in the Australian Playford left the tournament category ATP Challenger. So, in the starting circle, our athlete lost to the 152nd racket of the world ranking Tommy Paul from the USA. The match consisted of three sets and lasted 2 hours and 28 minutes.