“Julia in two sets beat Kazakhstan’s representative in the first round of the tournament”, – WRITE: Sport.ua
In the first round of the main grid, the Ukrainian in two sets dealt with the representative of Kazakhstan Yulia Putintseva (WTA 69) in 1 hour and 40 minutes.
WTA 500 NINBO. Hard, 1/16 finals
Yulia Putintseva (Kazakhstan) [Q] – Yulia Starodubtseva (Ukraine) [Q] – 4: 6, 2: 6
Starodubtseva conducted the first face -to -face confrontation against Putintseva.
Julia in Ninbo started with a qualification, where Priscillus Hong and Tamara Korpach passed. Starodubtseva won the first victory in the main grid of competitions at the level of the tour since July, when she reached the third circle of the thousands in Montreal.
The next rival of Starodubtseva will be the sixth Siyana Belinda Benchich (Switzerland, WTA 14), which in the 1/16 finals was overcome by Magda Linett (Poland, WTA 56) with a score of 6: 3, 6: 2.
In addition to Starodubtseva, Ukraine will present Diana Yastremskaya, who will meet with Victoria MBOCO in the first round.