Two of the three Ukrainian tennis players who reached the third round of qualifying for the Wimbledon tennis tournament fulfilled their minimum task.
Only sixteen-year-old Viktoriia Kutuzova was unlucky. She took the court against the 5th seed, American Jamie Jackson. Everything was decided over two sets, which ended in favor of the athlete from the United States of America: 7-5, 6-2.
At the same time, our Yuliia Vakulenko faced the 20th seed, Bulgarian Tsvetana Pironkova. For overall success, she needed two sets, and she finished each of them with the same score 6:3!
Her achievement was repeated by Kateryna Bondarenko. The winner of last year's Wimbledon among juniors faced Puerto Rican Vilmarie Castellvi and won - 7:5, 6:2.
Our Serhii Stakhovsky could not handle his opponent. In the third round of qualifying, he played against Finn Tuomas Ketola and lost in four sets - 4:6, 4:6, 6:3, 2:6.
Vadym VLASENKO "Ukrainian Radio" for champion.com.ua