July 22, 2016

Ukrainian tennis players exceed expectations at Wimbledon 2016

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PARSIPPANY, N.J. – Elina Svitolina (seeded in 17th place) lost 2-6, 6-3, 4-6 against Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan in the second round of women’s singles at the Wimbledon tennis tournament in London on June 27 through July 10. In the first round, Lesia Tsurenko lost against Evgeniya Rodina of Russia 6-3, 5-7; Kateryna Kozlova lost 2-6, 1-6 against Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland; and Kateryna Bondarenko lost 2-6, 6-7 (3-7) against Coco Vanderweghe of the U.S.A. In the third-round qualifier, Maryna Zanevska lost 7-6(5), 6-7(3), 2-6 against Maria Sakkari of Greece.

In men’s singles, Sergiy Stakhovsky lost 2-6, 7-6 (8-6), 4-6 against Marin Cilic of Croatia in the second round, Illya Marchenko lost against Julien Benneteau of France 4-6, 2-6, 6-7 (8-10) in the first round, and Alexandr Dolgopolov lost 6-7 (6-8), 4-6, 1-6 against Daniel Evans of Great Britain in the second round.

In men’s doubles, Denys Molchanov and Konstantin Kravchuk of Russia lost 6-7 (4), 2-6 in the second round against Raven Klaasen of South Africa and Rajeev Ram of the U.S.A., and Dolgopolov and Stakhovsky lost 3-6, 1-6 in the Round of 64 against Dusan Lajovic and Viktor Troicki of Serbia.

In women’s doubles, Kateryna Kozlova and Mandy Minella of Luxembourg lost 1-6, 3-6 against Chin-Wei Chan of Taipei and Xinyun Han of China in the first round. Svitolina and Misaki Doi of Japan won 7-5, 6-3 against Polona Hercog of Serbia and Mirjana Lucic-Baroni of Croatia in the first round, and lost 6-3, 3-6, 1-6 against Daria Gavrilova of Australia and Daria Kasatkina of Russia in the second round. In the first round, Bondarenko and Olga Savchuk lost 6-4, 4-6, 3-6 against Alize Cornet of France and Zenia Knoll of Switzerland, Lyudmyla Kichenok and Varvara Lepchenko of the U.S.A. lost 6-3, 3-6, 1-6 against Christina McHale of the U.S.A. and Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia; and Nadiia Kichenok and Tsurenko lost 1-6, 1-6 against Shuko Aoyama and Makoto Ninomiya of Japan.

In mixed doubles, Savchuk and Fabrice Martin of France lost 2-6, 4-6 in the first round against Chris Guccione of Australia and Svitolina, and in the second round Svitlona-Guccione lost 5-7, 3-6 to Robert Farah of Colombia and Anna-Lena Gronefeld of Germany.

Dayana Yastremska lost 4-6, 3-6 in the girls’ singles final against Anastasia Potapova of Russia. Katarina Zavatska lost 4-6, 3-6 in the third round against Potapova, and Anastasia Zarytska lost 1-6, 3-6 in the second round against Varvara Gracheva of Russia. In girls’ doubles, Zarytska and Nina Kruijer of the Netherlands lost 4-6, 2-6 against Anastasia Detiuc of Moldova and Oana Gavrila of Romania in the first round.