Ukrainian woman fails at WTA 1000 Internazionali BNL d’Italia women’s tennis tournament in Rome, Italy Marta Kostiuk (WTA-20), which in 1 hour 13 minutes 3:6, 2:6 landed on the former world’s first Japanese rocket Naomi Osaka (WTA-173). It was the second victory of the Japanese woman against the Ukrainian woman out of as many possible ones.
N.Osakas started the match with a 4:0 run. Later, the Japanese lost one of her serve series, but soon answered her opponent with a break point. The second set was similar, with the Japanese going 4-1 down, then losing her service streak, but the same failure befell the Ukrainian in the next game.
Even the fact that the match was stopped due to rain did not derail the Japanese women.
N.Osaka before that in the first round 7:6 (7:2), 6:1 surpassed the French woman Clara Burel (WTA-45).
Another former world number one is German Angelique Kerber (WTA-331) started successfully. She even 6:1, 6:0 crushed the American Lauren Davis (WTA-194) and later in the second round 6:3, 6:0 also taught Veronika Kudermetova.
Chinese Qinwen Zheng (WTA-7) easily – 6:2, 6:0 – defeated the American Shelby Rogers (WTA-398), and American Cori “Coco” Gauff (WTA-3) 6:3, 6:3 surpassed Poland Magdalena Frech (WTA-55).
A Ukrainian woman experienced a real drama Lesia Curenka (WTA-44), 6:2, 3:6, 7:6 (7:5) after defeating the Croatian Donna Vekic (WTA-37). In the third set, the Ukrainian woman blew a 3-game lead, then missed two match points, but did not waste the third opportunity.
The Canadian fell early Leylah Fernandez (WTA-34), 4:6, 1:6 had to recognize the Romanians Anna Bogdan (WTA-63) resistance.
The prize pool of the WTA 1000 series women’s tennis tournament in Rome is just over 4.791 million. euros.
