“She should be banned for a year,” – Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko’s last minute withdrawal before match against Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka has fans angered
Aryna Sabalenka was scheduled to play against Lesia Tsurenko in the Indianw Wells Open but the Ukrainian decided to withdraw from the tournament at the very last minute.
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Lesia Tsurenko and Aryna Sabalenka
Aryna Sabalenka advanced into the fourth round of the ongoing Indian Wells Open as Ukrainian player Lesia Tsurenko decided to withdraw from the match just a few minutes before it was going to start. The organizers has told that she cited “personal reasons” for such a sudden decision.
This withdrawal gave the Belarusian player a walkover. She will take on Barbora Krejcikova who is in tremendous form in the fourth round of the tournament.
BNP Paribas Open shared the latest news on social media.
“Lesia Tsurenko has withdrawn from tonight’s match. Aryna Sabalenka advances to the final 16 via walkover,” the caption read.
Besides that ladies doubles match between American-Belgian pair of Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Kirsten Flipkens with Japanese-Polish pair of Miyu Kato and Aldila Sutjiadi was shifted to Center Court. The Japanese-Polish pair won this match 6-2, 6-0.
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Social media reacts on Lesia Tsurenko withdrawal
Lesia Tsurenko has a long history of withdrawing from the tournaments. Since Indian Wells last year, she has until now lost nine of her 18 tournaments by retirement or walkover. She let her opponent walkover in the semifinals in Canberra this year. She has also given walkovers in the quarterfinals at Eastbourne and Portoroz, Slovenia, last year too.
Hence, social media is not taking the recent withdrawal of the Ukrainian player lightly. Many social media users are making their opinions known. Here are a few reactions that came in on this development.
“Ah well well lol,” the caption read in English. (Translated through Google Translate).
“Sabalenka qualifies for the fourth round after the withdrawal of her opponent, Tsurenko,” the caption read in English. (Translated through Google Translate).
“Lesia Tsurenko, withdrew from WTA 1000 Indian Wells, because of that Aryna Sabalenka qualified automatically,” the caption read in English. (Translated through Google Translate).
“Sabalenka advances directly to the round of 16 and waits for Krejcikova or Xinyu Wang, who are going to third,” the caption read in English. (Translated through Google Translate).
On the other hand, Aryna Sabalenka who too is in sublime form has booked an important fixture with the WTA Dubai Tennis Championships 2023 champion Barbora Krejcikova. She had defeated Iga Swiatek in the final. She also defeated Aryna Sabalenka too in the quarter-finals round of the same competition ending her 13-match winning streak.
While, Aryna Sabalenka is ranked as World No.2, Barbora Krejcikova is ranked as No.16 in the WTA rankings. Lesia Tsurenko is currently 134th ranked player in the world.
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