2 racket of Ukraine and 45 racket of the planet Lesia Tsurenko without problems overcame the first round of the tournament series WTA - Rogers Cup.
In the starting game of the competition, Tsurenko coped with the representative of Great Britain Katie Butler. The duel, which lasted 1 hour and 26 minutes, ended with a score of 6: 4 and 6: 2 in favor of the Ukrainian.
In the next round Tsurenko will meet with the winner of the pair Naomi Osaka (Japan) - Carla Suarez Navarro (Spain). In the world ranking, these tennis players occupy 17 and 27 seats respectively.
Elina Svitolina, in turn, will start the way to the Rodgers Cup from round 2. It should be noted that in the updated rating of the WTA, Tsurenko lost 6 positions.