“Dayana dealt with Beatrice Haddad Maia in two sets in the first round of the 500”, — write: sport.ua
In the first round, the Ukrainian beat the representative of Brazil in two sets Beatrice Haddad Mayu (WTA 68) in 1 hour and 41 minutes.
WTA 500 Abu Dhabi. Hard, 1/16 finals
Diana Yastremska (Ukraine) – Beatriz Haddad Maia (Brazil) – 6:2, 7:5
During the match, Diana served two of her serves. In the second game, Yastremska trailed 0:2, won four games in a row, allowed Beatrice to level the score and made a decisive break in the 12th game.
Yastremska held her first face-to-face confrontation against Haddad Maya.
For Diana, it was the sixth match in 2026. She has three wins and three losses.
In the second round, Yastremska will meet second seed Ekaterina Alexandrova. Previously, Diana played six times against the “neutral”, the score was 3:3.
Yastremska will also perform in Abu Dhabi in doubles. In the 1/8 finals, Dayana, together with Teodora Kostovych, will play against Ekaterina Aleksandrova and Maya Joynt (the match will start on February 2 at approximately 16:30 Kyiv time).