KIEV. August 20. UNN. Ukrainian tennis player Diane Yastremsky successfully passed the qualification for a major tournament WTA Premier with a prize Fund of $ 799 thousand. — “The Connecticut Open”, launched in new haven (USA) informs UNN with reference to the portal tennis Ukraine.
In the final of the qualifying tournament, 18-the summer inhabitant of Odessa is 2 hours 3 minutes, beat ex-the seventh racket of the world, which now occupies in the ranking of the 45 place, Bencic from Switzerland (5) — 7:6 (5), 7:6 (3 ). On account of a Ukrainian 8 aces and 8 double faults.
Thus, Yastremsky Bencic took revenge for the defeat in the final of a major ITF tournament in Saint-Petersburg in 2017.
Note that in qualifying for the tournament in new haven Odesa has beaten at once three tennis players in top 100: Peru (95), Lynnette (60) and Belinda Bencic (45).