Tennis player Marta Kostyuk, , who received the sixth seed, started with a victory at the WTA 500 tournament in San Diego (USA). < /p>
Her opponent was the 167th racket of the world Ann Lee from the USA, against whom the match did not look like an easy walk. Kostyuk was able to put the finishing touches on her opponent after three sets — 6:4, 4:6, 6:2.
The tennis players spent 2 hours and 13 minutes on the court, during which Kostyuk served twice and made nine double faults.
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In the first set, Li took a 3:0 lead, but Kostyuk restored her handicap with a double break and took the lead. In the second set, the American managed to take Kostyuk’s serve with a score of 5:4 and establish parity in the match.
The deciding set was Marta's after she took three of her opponent's serves.
Kostyuk’s next opponent in San Diego will be the winner of the pair between Canadian Leila Fernandez and German Tatyana Maria.
Another Ukrainian, Lesya Tsurenko, sheathed her racket at the start of the tournament, losing in two sets to the British Katie Boulter. And the fifth seeded at the tournament, Dayana Yastremskaya, will start today, February 27, against American Caroline Dolehide.
