The "Kyiv Ladies Open" tennis tournament under the auspices of the International Tennis Federation is underway in Kyiv. As we reported, Oksana Khomyk, a trainee of the "Millennium" tennis club, advanced to the third round of the qualifying stage of the competition, which in case of a victory gave the right to play in the main draw. Oksana's opponent was a Kyiv resident, winner of many international competitions, young star of Ukrainian tennis Tetiana Ariesieva. The match turned out to be tense, as evidenced by the score – 6:0, 0:6, 7:6. But, despite the thirty-degree heat in which she had to play for two and a half hours, the will to win led the Lutsk native through the tie-break with a score of 10:8 into the main draw of the tournament. The opponent of the Volyn tennis player in the first match of the main draw of the competition, with a prize fund of 10 thousand dollars, will be determined by the draw today. By the way, let me remind you that on June 1 a tennis tournament will also take place in Lutsk, in which girls up to 18 and boys up to 19 years old will participate. The prize fund of the competition is about one and a half thousand dollars.
A Volyn woman made it into the main draw of the Kyiv Ladies Open tennis tournament
Sport · 05:56 25.05.2005
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