Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska advanced to the second round of the Grand Slam tennis tournament — Wimbledon 2024.
In two sets, she defeated the Argentine tennis player of Ukrainian origin Nadia Podoroska with a score of 6:1, 7:6 (7:1).
Yastremska beats Podoroska at Wimbledon
The tennis players spent 1 hour and 36 minutes on the court, during which Yastremska made four aces, made the same number of double faults and saved three of five break points.
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Dayana closed the first set with two breaks in 25 minutes. But the second set unfolded according to a different scenario. The Ukrainian took two of her opponent's serves in a row and was leading 3:0, but Podoroska immediately made a break and reduced the gap.
With the score 4:3 in Dayana's favor, the Argentinean was injured and subsequently took a medical timeout. After returning to the court, Nadya won two games in a row and took the lead. However, Yastremska managed to transfer the game to a tiebreak, where she eventually won a crushing victory — 7:1.
Yastremska's next opponent at Wimbledon will be Varvara Gracheva, who plays for France. In the first round, she beat another Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko in two sets — 6:3, 6:1.
Recall that eight Ukrainian tennis players qualified for the main draw of singles at Wimbledon 2024 for the first time, which is a national record.
