Having beaten the Australian Kimberly Birrell in the semi-finals of the qualification, in the decisive match for entering the main draw of the tournament, Lesya Tsurenko coped with the British Heather Watson.
The 33-year-old native of the Rivne region was enough to defeat her opponent in two sets - 6:2, 7:6.
Note that the fight lasted 2 hours and 2 minutes..
The Ukrainian never filed right through, made three double faults and converted 4/13 breakpoints.
Thus, four Ukrainian tennis players will play in the main draw of the tournament in Eastbourne. In addition to Tsurenko, the first racket of Ukraine Angelina Kalinina, as well as Marta Kostyuk and Dayana Yastremska will fight there..
Earlier, TSN Prosport reported that Ukrainian tennis star Elina Svitolina was outraged by the admission of Russians and Belarusians to the US Open.