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Saturday, September 2, was pleasant for Ukrainian fans, who were pleased with our athletes.
Tennis player Alexander Dolgopolov, who got himself into a scandal with a contractual match, was in the 1/8 finals of the US Open. Sasha defeated in the three sets of Serbian Victor Troitsky.
Then the victorious relay was picked up by the boxer Alexander Khizhnyak. He became the world champion by destroying Abilkhan Amankul from Kazakhstan.
Following Khizhnyak, the national team of Ukraine won. In an important match of the 7th qualifying round of the 2018 World Cup, the "blue-yellow" defeated the Turkish team, led by Mircea Lucescu. Our retained the chance to enter the final tournament.
And for the dessert of tennis player Elina Svitolina went to the 1/8 finals of the US Open. In a difficult match Ukrainian was an American Shelby Rogers. Elina for the first time in his career will perform in the fourth round of the US Open.
Meanwhile, the basketball team of Ukraine lost to the Italians at Eurobasket-2017, not supporting the winning leitmotif.