Svetlana has easily defeated the Australian Jaimee Fourlis (6:2, 6:1) and is ready to meet Jelena Jankovic from Serbia. She has told the journalists after the match that would love to take a selfie with Vladimir Putin because, as she said Russia is respected around the world thanks to its president. Also she admitted that was hard to play at a stadium which supports the opponent, the compatriot.
The talented Russian tennis player Karen Khachanov was defeated by the American Jack Sock ( 3:6, 4:6, 4:6). He thinks that it was aslo to do with the conditions on court with a lot of reflections from the sun. Nevertheless, he admitted to the purpose to achieve a title of number one racket of the world
And Russian Andrey Rublyov could do nothing with the champion Andy Murray who won easily 6:3, 6:0, 6:2. It did hurt, but of course the valuable experience was gained
