The famous Ukrainian tennis player refused to continue the match with the Russian and withdrew from the tournament. She was declared defeated

Ukraine's 6th ranked player Lesia Tsurenko (WTA #122) suffered a technical defeat in the first round of the WTA 250 tournament in Mexico against a neutral tennis player with a Russian passport, Anna Blinkova (WTA #75). In the third set, with the score 6:2, 4:6, 0:4, the 35-year-old from Kyiv refused to continue the match.

Before that, the two athletes played each other in the qualifiers of the Cluj-Napoca tournament in 2022, and Blinkova won in two sets.

Lesia played her last match at the WTA 1000 tournament in Wuhan in early October. Our compatriot managed to qualify and reach the second round. However, she was unable to finish her match against Magda Linette, retiring in the first set due to problems with her right shoulder.

In August, Lesia became a co-author of the record. For the first time in history, seven Ukrainian tennis players (including Tsurenko) made it to the main draw of the US Open.

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