Julia reaches the third round of the WTA 1000 tournament for the first time in her career <\/p>\n
Fifth seed from Ukraine, Julia Starodubtseva (WTA 108), continues her victorious march at the prestigious WTA 1000 tournament in Miami, USA. In the second round, the Ukrainian forced the 30th-ranked Kristina Buksha from Spain to capitulate.<\/p>\n
This was reported by RBC-Ukraine, citing the match result.<\/p>\n
Read also:<\/strong> A real thriller in Miami: Yastremska saved three match points and achieved the impossible<\/p>\n WTA 1000. Miami. 2nd round (1\/32 finals)<\/strong><\/p>\n Julia Starodubtseva (Ukraine) – Kristina Buksha (Spain) – 6:2, 3:2, retirement<\/strong><\/p>\n Ukrainian confidence and opponent’s issues<\/p>\n Starodubtseva seized the initiative from the very first rallies against the favorite. The Ukrainian confidently took the first set (6:2). At the end of the set, the Spaniard was forced to take a medical timeout off the court.<\/p>\n Julia’s dominance continued in the second set. With a score of 3:2 in favor of the Ukrainian, Buksha officially retired from the match.<\/p>\n Records and statistics<\/p>\n For the 26-year-old Ukrainian, this victory was significant for several reasons:<\/p>\n Next, a battle with the sixth seed<\/p>\n In the next round, the Ukrainian faces a true test of strength. Starodubtseva will play against the sixth-ranked player in the world – Amanda Anisimova. This will be the second encounter between Starodubtseva and the American (in May 2025, she lost at Roland Garros in Paris – 0:2).<\/p>\n Recall that Julia made it to the main draw in Miami through qualifying, defeating four opponents in a row.<\/p>\n When other Ukrainians play<\/p>\n Three more matches featuring Ukrainian tennis players will take place on the night of March 21 (Kyiv time).<\/p>\n Earlier, we reported how the Ukrainian set a tennis record that Svitolina could not achieve.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Yulia has reached the third round of the WTA 1000 tournament for the first time in her career. The fifth-ranked player in Ukraine, Yulia Starodubtseva (WTA 108), continues her winning streak at the prestigious WTA 1000 tournament in Miami, USA. In the second round, the Ukrainian forced 30th-ranked Kristina Buksu from Spain to capitulate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":64360,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"magazine_newspaper_sidebar_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[74],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport-en"],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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