The second racket of Ukraine Lesya Tsurenko left in 1/4 endings of tournament of series WTA in English Birmingham.

On the way to the top 8, Tsurenko defeated the representative of Russia - Daria Kasatkinu. After losing the first set with a score of 6: 1, Lesya found the strength to win in the next two games - 6: 3 and 6: 3.

Tsurenko spent 1 hour and 44 minutes to win.

In the quarterfinals of the competition, Tsurenko will meet Barbour Strytsova (Czech Republic), who beat the first seeded - Garbinu Mugurusu (Spain).

Earlier, Elina Svitolina.

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