“Anastasia defeated Ipek Oz in three sets at the ITF W50 tournament in Trnava”, — write: sport.ua
In the 1st round, the Ukrainian beat the representative of Turkey in three sets Ipek Oz (WTA 222) in 2 hours and 49 minutes.
ITF W50 in Trnava. Hard indoors. Round of 16
Ipek Oz (Turkey) – Anastasia Soboleva (Ukraine) – 6:4, 4:6, 5:7
This was the third meeting of the rivals. Soboleva won the second head-to-head match, and the second in a row – both in 2024. On August 8, she won Ipek and qualified for the competition in Hamburg.
In the deciding game, Soboleva lost 2:5, but managed to turn the tide of the match. Soboleva shut down her opponent from the sixth match point.
In the 1/8 finals, Anastasia will take the court against the seventh-seeded Dominika Salkova (Czech Republic, WTA 185).
It should be noted that Soboleva received her debut call-up to the Ukrainian national team, which last week defeated Austria in the Billie Jean King Cup playoffs. However, Anastasia never played in either singles or doubles matches.