Tennis
• Elina Svitolina and Lesia Tsurenko advanced to the second round of the VTB Kremlin Cup tennis tournament in Moscow on October 15-23. The two Ukrainian players earned a bye in the first round. In women’s doubles, Lyudmyla and Nadiia Kichenok won 6-2, 6-4 in the first round against Raluca Olaru of Romania and Arantxa Parra Santonja of Spain. Olga Savchuk and Anastasia Rodioniova of Austria played against Timea Babos of Hungary and Anastasia Pavlychenkova of Russia.
• Sergiy Stakhovksy lost 4-6, 7-6(4), 2-6 against Jordan Thompson of Australia in the quarterfinal of the Vietnam Open on October 10-16 in Ho Chi Minh City.
• Illya Marchenko lost 6-2, 2-6, 6-7 in the round of 16 against Vincent Millot of France at the Ethias Trophy tournament in Mon, Belgium, on October 3-9.
• Illya Marchenko (ranked 49th by the ATP) lost 0-6, 4-6 in the round of 32 against Ruben Bemelmans of Belgium at the ATP Challenger match in Orleans, France, on September 26 through October 2. Sergiy Stakhovsky (ranked 119th by the ATP) lost 6-7(3), 1-6 in the round of 32 against Steve Darcis of Belgium.
• At the WTA tournament in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Kateryna Kozlova (ranked 91st) lost 6-7(2), 0-6 in the semifinal against Kristyna Pliskova of the Czech Republic on September 26. Kozlova won the quarterfinal 6-3, 6-3 against Stefanie Voegele of Switzerland. Lesia Tsurenko (ranked 50th by the WTA) lost after retiring in the second set of the quarterfinal against Nao Hibino of Japan. In the first set, Tsurenko lost 6-7(6).
• Elina Svitolina (ranked 19th by the WTA) lost 3-6, 1-6 in the round of 32 against Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic at the WTA tournament in Wuhan, China, on September 25. Kateryna Bondarenko (ranked 64th) lost 2-6, 1-6 in the round of 16 qualifier against Alize Cornet of France. In doubles, Bondarenko and Chia-Jung Chuang of Taipei lost 4-6, 2-6 in the quarterfinal against Christina McHale of the U.S.A. and Shuai Peng of China.
• Lesia Tsurenko won the WTA tournament in Guangzhou, China, on September 19 after defeating Jelena Jankovic of Serbia 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 in the final. Tsurenko won the semifinal 6-4, 6-2 against Anett Kontaveit of Estonia, and won the quarterfinal 3-6, 6-4, 6-0 against Alison Riske of the U.S.A.
• Elina Svitolina lost 6-1, 3-6, 2-6 in the semifinal against Naomi Osaka of Japan at the WTA tournament in Tokyo. Svitolina won 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 in the quarterfinal against Garbine Muguruza of Spain. Kateryna Bondarenko lost 6-7(3), 3-6 in the round of 32 against Anasatasija Sevastova of Latvia. In doubles, Bondarenko and Chia-Jung Chuang of Taipei lost 6-7(5), 7-5, 5-10 in the round of 16 against Raquel Atawo and Abigail Spears, both of the U.S.A.
• Illya Marchenko lost 3-6, 4-6 in the round of 16 against Nicolas Mahut of France at the Moselle Open in Metz, France, on September 19-25.
• Kateryna Kozlova lost 3-6, 6-1, 2-6 in the round of 16 against Johanna Larsson of Sweden at the WTA tournament in Seoul, South Korea, on September 19.
• Kateryna Bondarenko lost 4-6, 5-7 in the round of 32 against Louisa Chirico of the U.S.A. at the Tokyo International tournament on September 12. In doubles, Bondarenko and Chia-Jung Chuang of Taipei lost 2-6, 4-6 in the round of 16 against Eri Hozumi and Miyu Kato, both of Japan.
• Illya Marchenko lost 4-6, 7-5, 4-6, 5-7 against Yoshihito Nishioka of Japan at the ITF World Group Play-Off between Japan and Ukraine in Osaka, Japan, on September 12-18. In doubles, Ukraine’s Sergiy Stakhovsky and Artem Smirnov lost 3-6, 0-6, 3-6 in the round robin doubles match against Kei Nishikori and Yuichi Sugita of Japan.
• At the U.S. Open at Arthur Ashe Stadium in Flushing, N.Y., on August 29 through September 11, Elina Svitolina lost 3-6, 4-6 against Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic in the third round. She had won 6-1, 4-6, 6-3 against Lauren Davis of the U.S.A. in the second round, and won 6-7(5), 6-0, 6-2 against Mandy Minella of the Luxembourg in the first round. Lesia Tsurenko won 6-0, 6-4 against Irina-Camelia Begu of Romania in the first round, won 7-5, 6-3 against Yafan Wang of China in the second round, won 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 against Dominkia Cibulkova of Serbia in the third round, and lost 6-7(5), 2-6 in the fourth round against Roberta Vinci of Italy. Kateryna Bondarenko won 6-0, 7-5 against Su-Wei Hsieh of Chinese Taipei in the first round, won 5-7, 7-6(5), 7-5 against S Zheng of China in the second round and won 6-4, 6-1 against Anastaija Sevastova of Latvia. Kateryna Kozlova lost 2-6, 7-5, 4-6 against Venus Williams of the U.S.A. in the first round.
In men’s singles, Illya Marchenko won against Ivan Dodig of Croatia 6-3, 6-4, 6-7(4), 7-5 in the first round and won 4-6 6-4, 6-1, against Nick Kyrgios of Australia in the third round after Kyrgios retired from the match, and lost 4-6, 1-6, 7-6(5), 3-6 in the fourth round against Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland. Sergiy Stakhovsky won 6-1, 3-6, 2-6, 6-3, 7-6(5) against Gastao Elias of Portugal in the first round and lost 1-6, 2-6, 3-6 against Marin Cilic of Croatia in the second round. Alexandr Dolgopolov retired after losing 5-6 in the first set against David Ferrer of Spain in the first round.
In women’s doubles, Olga Savchuk and Lara Arruabarrena of Spain won the first set 6-2 against Annika Beck of Germany and Yanina Wickmayer of Belgium in the first round after the Belgian-German duo retired in the second set. In the second round the Ukrainian and Spaniard lost 4-6, 1-6 against Bethanie Mattek-Sands of the U.S.A. and Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic. Bondarenko and Chia-Jung Chuang of Chinese Taipei lost 0-6, 7-6 (8), 3-6 against Naomi Broady of Great Britain and Shelby Rogers of the U.S.A. in the first round, and Svitolina and Arina Rodionova of Australia lost 3-6, 4-4, 5-0 against Cagla Buyukakcay of Turkey and Sevastova of Latvia. Lidia and Nadia Kichenok won 6-3, 6-2 against Samantha Crawford and Jessica Pagula of the U.S.A. in the first round and then lost in the second round 3-6, 1-6 against Vania King of the U.S.A. and Monica Niculescu of Romania.
In men’s doubles, Dolgopolov and Stakhovsky lost 2-4 after retiring against Marcin Matkowski of Poland and Jurgen Melzer of Austria in the first round.
In mixed doubles, Savchuk and Robert Lindstedt of Sweden lost 3-6, 7-6(5), 4-10 against Abigail Spears of the U.S.A. and Santiago Gonzalez of Mexico in the first round.
• Illya Marchenko lost 6-7(5), 3-6 in the round of 64 against Yen-Hsun Lu of Thailand at the Winston-Salem Open in North Carolina on August 22-27.
• Alexandr Dolgopolov lost 3-6, 6-2, 1-6 against Yoshihito Nishioka of Japan in the Round of 16 of the BB&T Atlanta Open on August 1-7. Sergiy Stakhovsky lost in the Round of 32 against Tobias Kamke of Germany 6-7(7), 6-7(2). In men’s doubles, Dolgopolov and Stakhovsky lost in the quarterfinal against Raja Purav and Sharan Divij of India in a walkover.
• Illya Marchenko lost 4-6, 6-3, 3-6 in the final against Luca Vanni of Italy at the Open Castilla Y Leon on July 25-31 in Segovia, Spain. In the quarterfinal, Marchenko won 7-5, 6-4 against Kenny De Schepper of France, and in the semifinal won 6-3, 6-4 against Marton Fucsovis of Hungary. Marchenko turned pro in 2006, is ranked in 63rd place for men’s singles by the ATP World Tour.
Elina Svitolina was eliminated in the Round of 16 of the Rogers Cup tournament in Montreal on July 25-31 after losing 1-6, 7-6(2), 6-4 against Angelique Kerber of Germany. Kateryna Bondarenko lost 3-6, 6-2, 7-5 in the round of 64 against Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic. In women’s doubles, Svitolina and Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia lost 4-6, 7-5, 10-6 against Nao Hibino of Japan and Alicija Rosolska of Poland in the round of 32. Bondarenko and Olga Savchuk lost 6-1, 6-3 in the round of 16 against Simona Halep of Romania and Monica Niculescu of Romania. In men’s singles, Alexandr Dolgopolov lost 6-7(6), 4-6 against Donald Young of the U.S.A in the round of 64.
• Kateryna Kozlova lost 4-6, 4-6 against Carina Withoeft of Germany in the quarterfinal of the ITF/Tennis Europe tournament on July 25-31 in Prague.
• Kateryna Bondarenko lost 6-4, 7-5 against Urszula Radwanska of Poland in the Round of 32 at the WTA Bank of the West Classic tournament on July 18-24 in Stanford, Calif. In doubles, paired with Olga Savchuk, the duo lost 6-2, 6-4 in the quarterfinal against Darija Jurak of Croatia and Anastasia Rodionova of Australia.
• Sergiy Stakhovsky lost 6-7(6), 4-6 in the round of 32 against Andrej Martin of Slovakia at the Konzum Croatia Open in Umag, Croatia, on July 18-24. In doubles, Stakhovsky and Lukas Dlouhy lost 5-7, 4-6 in the round of 16 against Carlos Berlocq of Argentina and Pablo Cuevas of Uruguay.
• Illya Marchenko won 6-4, 6-4 in the final against Ilya Ivashka of Belarus at the Guzzini Challenger tournament in Recanati, Italy, on July 18-24.
• Alexandr Dolgopolov lost 6-7(5), 3-6 in the round of 16 against Sam Querrey of the U.S.A. at the Citi Open in Washington on July 18-24.
• Ukraine won 3-2 against Austria in the second round of the 2016 Davis Cup on July 15-17 at Campa Tennis Club in Bucha, on the outskirts of Kyiv, and advanced to the World Group play-off. Sergiy Stakhovsky won 6-3, 6-4, 6-3 against Gerald Melzer and 6-3, 6-3, 6-7 (10), 7-5 against Dennis Novak. IIlya Marchenko won 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 5-7, 3-6 against Dennis Novak and lost against Jurgen Melzer. In doubles, Denys Molchanov and Artem Smirnov lost 3-6, 6-7 (9), 3-6 against Jurgen Melzer and Phillip Oswald. Ukraine is in Group 1 of the Europe/Africa Zone, which included Spain, Slovakia, the Netherlands, Hungary, Israel, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia and Sweden. In the first round that was played on March 4-6, Ukraine had earned a bye. Ukraine was joined by Spain, Russia and Slovakia in the play-offs on September 17-19. Ukraine lost 0-5 against Japan of September 16-18 in Osaka. Ukraine remains in Zonal Group 1 for the 2017 Davis Cup.
• Alexandr Dolgopolov lost 3-6, 4-6 in the quarterfinal against Gilles Muller at the Aegon Open Nottingham tournament on June 20-25 in Nottingham, England.
• Kateryna Bondarenko lost 7-6 (3), 6-3 in the round of 16 against Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia at the Eastbourne outdoor tournament in Great Britain on June 19. Lesia Tsurenko lost 7-6 (4), 6-1 in the round of 32 against Johanna Konta of Great Britain.
• Sergiy Stakhovsky lost 6-4, 5-7, 0-2 in the round of 16 against David Goffen after retiring at the Gerry Weber Open in Halle, Germany, on June 13-19. Illya Marchenko lost 4-6, 3-6 in the first-round qualifier against Peter Gojowczyk.
• Lesia Tsurenko and Elina Svitloina lost in the Round of 32 at the WTA tournament in Birmingham, Great Britain, on June 13. Tsurenko lost 6-4, 6-2 against Tsvetana Prionkova of Bulgaria and Svitolina lost 7-5, 4-6, 7-5 against Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain. In doubles, Svitolina and Johanna Konta of Great Britain were paired together and lost 6-2, 7-6 (5) in the quarterfinal against Naomi Broady and Heather Watson, both of Great Britain. Kateryna Bondarenko lost 7-5, 6-4 in the quarterfinal qualifier against Pironkova. In women’s doubles, Bondarenko and Olga Savchuk lost 6-4, 7-6 (5) in the round of 16 against Hao-Ching Chan and Yung-Jan Chan, both of Taipei.
• Kateryna Kozlova was eliminated from the quarterfinal qualifier against Ana Bogdan of Romania, losing 7-6 (4), 6-0 on June 13 at the WTA tournament in Mallorca, Spain.
• Sergiy Stakhovsky lost 3-6, 6-7 (1) in the round of 16 against Mikhail Youshny at the ATP Mercedes Cup in Stuttgart, Germany, on June 6-13. In men’s doubles, Illya Marchenko and Denis Istomin lost 3-6, 1-6 in the round of 16 against Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan. Marchenko lost 5-7, 4-6 in the round of 32 against Sam Groth in men’s singles.
• Kateryna Kozlova lost 7-5, 6-4 in the quarterfinal against Madison Brengle of the U.S.A. at the S-Hertogenbosh tournament in the Netherlands on June 6.
• Olga Savchuk and Kai-Lin Zhang of China lost 7-6 (1), 6-1 in the round of 16 against Xinyun Han and Yafan Wang of China at the WTA tournament in Nottingham, England, on June 6.