Ukrainian tennis player Dayana Yastremskaya won the first WTA match in her career, beating 78th world racket player Andreu Petkovic with a score of 3: 6, 6: 0, 6: 3 in the first round of the tournament in Istanbul.

For 2 hours of the match, Yastremskaya fired 3 times, made 4 double mistakes and realized 7 breakpoints out of 11. On the account Petkovic 3 double errors and four realized break-points of 16.

It should be noted that Petkovic used to be in the top 10, occupying the ninth line of the rating, while the 16-year-old Yastremskaya is currently at 420th position.

In the second round, Yastremskaya will play with the winner of the pair Zhang Kaizhen (China) - Anna Kalinskaya (Russia).

Recall that in Istanbul will also play Katerina Kozlova and Elina Svitolina, who led the sowing of the tournament.

Earlier, Ukraine lost to Germany in the playoffs of the Federation Cup.