Ukrainian tennis player Dayana Yastremskaya entered the top eight in the primaries in Istanbul, beating the Russian woman Anna Kalinskaya in the second round with a score of 6: 1, 6: 4.

During the match, which lasted just over an hour, the 16-year-old Yastremskaya made one ace, made two double mistakes and won 50% of the balls on her first serve.

In the quarterfinals of the tournament in Istanbul, the 420th world racket will play against the winner of the confrontation between the Slovak Iana Chepelova and Spaniard Sarah Sorribes Tormo.

Note that the tournament in Istanbul is the first in the category of WTA in the career of Yastremskaya. In the first round, the Ukrainian was beaten by the experienced German Andrea Petkovic, earning the first victory in his career at the WTA tournaments.

Recall that in Istanbul will also play Elina Svitolina, who led the seeding of the tournament.

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