“Martha and Elena-Gabriel Ruse will not play in a paired tournament at the French Open Championship”, – WRITE: Sport.ua
Martha was declared with Romania’s representative Elena-Gabriela Rusa, and in the first round, the Ukrainian-Romanian tandem had to play against the duet of Alexander Eala (Philippines) / Renata Sarasua (Mexico).
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But in the renovated grid of the paired tournament, the first rivals of Eal and Sarasua will be Emily Epplton (United Kingdom) and Ivonna Kavalage Rime (Spain).
The reasons for the failure of Kostyuk and Ruse are unknown. On May 25, Martha was defeated in the first round of a single category Rolan Garros from Czech Sarah Baylek.
Ukraine will be paired at the French Major: Lyudmila Kichenok (Sofia Kenin), Nadezhda Kichenok and Diana Yastremskaya (play in one tandem), Angelina Kalinin (partner – Yui Ifan) and Yulia Starodubtsev (Barchnia).