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Lesia Turenko was not able to claim victory in her first Premiere Final Series.
Brisbane International – First
Brisbane, Australia • December 31 – January 6 • hard • $ 1,000,000
Tournament Grid: qualifying • single category
Final [19659007] Lesia Turenko (Ukraine) – Carolina Plishkova (Czech Republic, 5) 6-4, 5-7, 2-6
The Ukrainian took the break early in the game (3-1). Turenko lost the match (3-3), but immediately took a break and finally ended the match in his favor.
In the second installment, Lesya also took the first match to serve the Czech. Plushkova equalized the score again (2-2), after which Tsurenko also responded with a break.
Czech had a stoppage against the double Ukrainian mistake in the eighth match, but Lesya defended his match (5-3). During the submission, Pliszkova had a score of 40 to 40, Turenko did not reach the number of points in the match, and then "under zero" lost the match when she applied for the title. Carolina recorded the fourth game against his trump, taking another break (7-5).
At the beginning of the decisive set, Turenko did not take advantage of the breaking point, after which a battle ensued after the gift of the Ukrainian. With the score "exactly", Lesya sprained his leg during the rally and took advantage of the medical care. After resuming the game, Turenko made a mistake at the stop and lost his sixth consecutive game in this match.
The Ukrainian interrupted her unfortunate series of matches (1-3) and eventually lost another game in service, which allowed her opponent to win the victory. 19659013] This week, Lesia Turenko defeated rivals such as Michael Buzernescu, Kimberly Birrell, Anette Kontayte and Naomi Osaka.
Turenko and Plishkova are expected to face the first round according to the draw of the second round "Premier" in Sydney. .
Personal meetings: 2-3
2017 | Madrid | ground | 1 circle | Carolina Plishkova 7: 6 (5), 2: 6, 6: 2
2015 | New Haven | hard | 1/4 final | Lesya Tsurenko 6: 2, 6: 2
2012 | Ismaning (ITF) | hard | 1/4 final | Carolina Plushkova 6: 4, 6: 3
2011 | Bratislava (ITF) | hard | final | Lesya Tsurenko 7: 5, 6: 3
2009 | Brno (ITF) | ground | 1/4 final | Carolina Plishkova 6: 2, 5: 7, 7: 6
Lesya Turenko made her debut in the finals of the Premier series. Previously, the Ukrainian had won four of the four finals of the category "International" (Istanbul-2015, Guangzhou-2016, Acapulco-2017, 2018).
Plishkova's statistics before this match – 11:11 in the final, while the Czech won in the last 5 of his 6 finals (Carolina Garcia lost to Tianjin in October). For Carolina, it is the second title in Brisbane (2017). In the updated ranking, the Czech will increase by one line for the week and will occupy seventh place.
• On the Brisbane field, Lesia Turenko reached her semifinal debut on the WTA Tour in 2013, while she had become the "losing luck". 19659010] • This was the fourth consecutive final in Brisbane, where the seeded tennis player was battling an unsealed rival. Last year, Elina Svitolina defeated Alexandra Sasnovich in the final. Previously, Turenko and Svitolin had both won a tournament of the WTA – the international series in Istanbul (respectively in 2015 and 2017 on clay).
• Turenko had eight wins against the top 10 rivals before the final (two against Top 5 – in matches with Caroline Wozniacki (2) last year's US Open and Naomi Osaka (5) in the semi-final
• Lesya has already played two consecutive games against her top 10 rivals in 2015 at the first in New Haven (she defeated Karolina Plishkova (# 8) in the quarter-finals and went on to win the gold medal match. is tilted in the semifinal against Lucy Shafarzhovoy (No. 6) Tsurenko has not yet managed to score against tennis players on dozens of points
• On Monday, Lesia Turenko set a personal best in the standings of the WTA – 24th place – Turenko is the fourth Ukrainian tennis player to have reached the top 25 in the world rankings (* personal records: Natalya Medvedeva – 23 years old, Alyona Bondarenko – 19 years old, Elina Svitolin a – 3
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