Ukrainian tennis player Diana Yastremskaya (WTA 93) reached the 1/8 finals of the 2024 Australian Open.
In the 3rd round, the Ukrainian defeated Emma Navarro (USA, WTA 26).
Australian Open 2024. Round of 16
Emma Navarro (USA) [27] – Diana Yastremskaya (Ukraine) – 2:6, 6:2, 1:6
In the second game, Dayana developed problems with her neck and took a medical time-out several times.
The girls had their first head-to-head match.
Diana made it to the fourth round of the Australian Open for the first time in her career and for the second time at the Grand Slam tournaments (Wimbledon 2019). Before this Australian Major, her best result on the Melbourne courts was the 3rd round in 2019.
For the Ukrainian, this victory was the 6th in a row at AO 2024. Dayana started from the qualifications of the competition.
In the 1/8 finals of the Australian Open 2024, Yastremskaya will play against the winner of the match Alena Ostapenko (Latvia, WTA 10) – Victoria Azarenka (WTA 22).
On January 19, another Ukrainian, Marta Kostyuk, made it to the 4th round of the Aus Open, defeating Elina Avanesyan. The first racket of Ukraine, Elina Svitolina, continues to fight in Melbourne. Elina will play against Victoria Golubic on January 20 at Margaret Court Arena in the second start of the evening session (no earlier than 12:00 Kyiv time).
2024-01-20 02:05:00
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