“Yulia defeated Carol Zhang in two sets in the 1st round of the WTA 1000 competition selection”, — write: sport.ua
Ukrainian tennis player Julia Starodubtseva (WTA 115) successfully started at the WTA 1000 hard tournament in Beijing (China).
In the 1st round of qualification, the Ukrainian won in two sets against Carol Zhao (Canada, WTA 234) in 1 hour and 15 minutes.
WTA 1000 Beijing. Hard. Qualification
Julia Starodubtseva (Ukraine) [10] – Carol Zhao (Canada) – 6:2, 6:2
This was the second meeting of the rivals. On January 25, 2024, Yulia beat Carol in the 1/8 finals of the ITF W75 competition in Vero Beach.
In the final round of selection, Starodubtseva will play against the winner of the match between Jang Soo Jeong and Sachia Vickery.
Marta Kostyuk, Dayana Yastremska, Angelina Kalinina and Lesya Tsurenko will play at the core of the tournament in Beijing.