The first racket of Ukraine Elina Svitolina could not overcome the first round of Wimbledon-2018.

Ukrainian lost to the German tennis player Tatiana Maria in three sets - 6: 7 (3), 6: 4, 1: 6.

Note that for the first time since August 2014 Elina was unable to overcome the starting barrier in the Grand Slam tournament.

Wimbledon - the least successful Grand Slam tournament for Elina. Only once she managed to pass the second round - last season the Ukrainian reached the 4th round.

Meanwhile, Lesia Tsurenko went into the second round of the tournament. In the first round match, she defeated the representative of Hungary Timi Babosh - 7: 5, 6: 2.

The next rival of Lesya will be the winner of a meeting between the Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova and Barbora Strytsova from the Czech Republic.

Also London left Ekaterina Bondarenko. She lost to Czech tennis player Lucia Shafarzhova - 4: 6, 4: 6.

Let's remind, earlier Sergey Stahovsky has exhausted the permit in the second circle.