Tsurenko pulls out of tennis tournament in Hobart

Ukraine's second seeded tennis player Lesia Tsurenko has completed her performance at the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) tournament in Hobart, Australia, with a $250,000 prize purse.

In a semifinal game, fifth seed Tsurenko lost to Romania's Mihaela Buzarnescu 2-6, 2-6 on Friday, Ukrinform reports.

The match lasted one hour and 24 minutes.

In the final of the tournament, Buzarnescu will take on last year's winner Elise Mertens of Belgium.

Last year, Tsurenko also pulled out of the Hobart tournament in the semifinals.

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