Soboleva, having won the set, withdrew from the opening match at the tournament in Italy

Ukrainian tennis player Anastasia Soboleva could not finish her opening match at the hard tournament of the WTA 125 series in Rovereto, Italy.

In the match of the 1/16 finals, Soboleva (WTA 262) faced the third-seeded Italian Lucrezia Stefanini (WTA 152).

The Ukrainian won the first set with a score of 7:5, but in the second, with a score of 3:5, she withdrew from the match.

The meeting lasted 2 hours and 17 minutes. The score of personal meetings is 2:0 in favor of Stefanini.

A week ago, these tennis players played their opening match in the Spanish Las-Franquezas-dal-Bales, and Soboleva lost in two sets (4:6, 3:6).

Ukrainian Daria Snigur will also play in Rovereto, her first opponent will be Eva Guerrero-Alvarez from Spain.

WTA 125. Rovereto (Italy). Round of 16

Lucrezia Stefanini (Italy) [3] – Anastasia Soboleva (Ukraine) – 5:7, 5:3, Soboleva’s refusal