The 2019 champion Dayana Yastremska (Ukraine) lost in the second round of the WTA 250 Thailand Open tennis tournament in Hua Hin with a prize fund of 259,303 USD. The Ukrainian tennis player lost to 6th-seeded Tatjana Maria (Germany) by 0-2 (0:6, 4:6) in 81 minutes of play.
Dayana Yastremska lost the first 9 games of the match, which gave her opponent a comfortable lead. Despite that the Ukrainian returned with a break, Tatjana Maria succeeded to close the match in two sets.
In the quarter-finals, Tatjana Maria will face another Ukrainian, Lesia Tsurenko, who defeated the 4th-seeded Anna Kalinskaya by 2-1 (6:0, 6:7, 6:4).
The top-seeded Bianca Andreescu (Canada) also qualified for the quarter-finals after eliminating Anastasia Zakharova (Russia) by 2-0 (6:2, 7:5). In the next round she will play versus Marta Kostyuk (Ukraine), who defeated Nao Hibino (Japan) by 2-0 (6:3, 7:6).
The British tennis player Heather Watson also advanced ahead after defeating Na-Lae Han (South Korea) by 2-1 (6:3, 5:7, 6:4).
