Ukrainian tennis players Elina Svitolina and Lesya Tsurenko beat their opponents in the first round of the WTA series in Birmingham.

Svitolina, who is now the fifth racket of the planet, defeated the representative of Croatia Donnu Vekic. The match ended with a score of 6: 1, 3: 6 and 6: 1. Note that the meeting itself lasted 1 hour and 32 minutes.

In the second round of the competition Svitolina will meet with the French tennis player - Alizoy Corne. Recall that in this tournament Elina is the second racket. It is interesting that this is the first victory of Svitolina in the season on the grass cover.

As for Lesya Tsurenko, she defeated Heather Watson (Great Britain). The match, which lasted almost two hours, ended with a score of 7: 6 and 7: 5.

In the next round, Tsurenko will meet with the winner of the pair Christina Plishkova (Czech Republic) - Daria Kasatkina (Russia).

The winner of this tournament will receive 470 credits and 163 thousand dollars in prize money.