Today, April 22, in Stuttgart, the first two matches of the confrontation between the national teams of Ukraine and Germany in the playoffs of the World Cup Federation.

The Ukrainian national team is represented by Elina Svitolina, Lesya Tsurenko, Olga Savchuk and Nadezhda Kichenok.

The first racket of Ukraine Elina Svitolina in the starting match in three sets lost to Julia Gerges - 6: 4, 1: 6, 4: 6, and the second racket of Ukraine Lesya Tsurenko took only five games from the leader of the German women, Angelica Kerber in the second match, 1: 6, 4: 6.

Thus, according to the results of the first game day, the German national team leads with a score of 2: 0.

To win the first point for his team tomorrow will try Elina Svitolina in a match against the WTA leader Angelica Kerber. This match will open the second game day of the confrontation between the national teams of Germany and Ukraine in the Federation Cup.

Earlier, the men's team of Ukraine lost to Portugal in the Davis Cup match.