The doubles team of Elina Svitolina and Venus Williams could not make it past the first round of the WTA 250 tournament in Auckland, New Zealand, which has a prize pool of $283,347.
They lost to the pair of Alexandra Eala and Iva Jovic (Philippines/USA) with a score of 6:7 (7:9), 1:6, as reported by Ukrinform.
In the first set, Svitolina and Williams led 5:3, but Venus failed to serve for the set in the ninth game and the duo missed out on eight set points, including three during the following games and two more in the tiebreak.
The match lasted for one and a half hours.