Kiev. Ukraine. Ukraine Gate – January 9, 2021 \u2013 Sports<\/p>\n
Ukrainian tennis player Marta Kostyuk, who ranks 99th in the WTA rankings, made it to the 1\/8 finals of the tournament in Abu Dhabi.
\nIn the second round, Kostyuk defeated the 67th racket of the world Xie Shuwei from Taiwan.<\/p>\n
The match lasted 2 hours 17 minutes and ended with the victory of the Ukrainian in three sets with a score of 6: 3, 6: 7, 6: 3. Kostyuk could have finished the match in the second set, but lost the advantage with a score of 5: 1.
\nFor the first time in her career, Kostyuk advanced to the third round of the WTA500 series tournaments.<\/p>\n
Then Ukrainka will play with Tamara Zidanshek from Slovenia (\u211687 WTA).<\/p>\n
Tournament in Abu Dhabi: the main thing
\nThe tournament in Abu Dhabi takes place from 6 to 13 January 2021 with a total prize pool of 565,530 US dollars.
\nUkraine’s first racket Elina Svitolina has yet to play her second round match in Abu Dhabi. At the same time, Kateryna Bondarenko lost in the second round to Tunisia’s Uns Jabir (7: 5, 3: 6, 2: 6).
\nElina Svitolina is seeded second in this tournament. Only one tennis player is above her – American Sofia Kenin (\u21164 WTA).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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