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 | Ukraine has returned to World Group17-04-2011 |
Ukraine beat Australia with a 3:2 win in Melbourne and again secured a place in the World Group Fed Cup, an unofficial world team tennis tournament. In the hot game of doubles Lessin and Olga Savchuk Tsurenko iznendavashto handled Jarmila Groth and Anastasia Radionova with 0:6, 7:6 (3), 6:3. Radionova served for victory at 6:5 in the second set. However, Australian squandered two machbola then prevented a full twist and next season will play in World Cup II after seven seasons in the top flight. For Ukraine did not participate in the game the first two missiles in the country - the sisters Alyona and Kateryna Bondarenko, and did not play for Australia in the world No. 6 Samantha Stosur. Groth twice gave an advance team after singles wins with 6:1, 6:1 over Savchuk and 6:1, 6:3 over Tsurenko. Radionova but suffered defeats in their matches individually with 1:6, 4:6 from 6:7 Tsurenko and (3), 6:7 (12) by Savchuk. So after the success of the couples returned to Ukraine in the World Group in 2012 where dropped after one season in 2010.