Elina Svitolina played her match in the first round of the tournament in Washington. The rival of the Ukrainian was the ex-first racket of the world – Victoria Azarenka.
Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) – Victoria Azarenka 2:0 (7:6, 6:4)
On the first day of August, the first round match took place at the prestigious WTA 500 series tournament in Washington. Our Elina Svitolina and 19th racket of the world Victoria Azarenka fought for a ticket to the 1/8 finals of the competition, writes 24 Channel.
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It was the seventh meeting between the rivals, and in it the Ukrainian tennis player won the second victory in a row, having previously had 5 defeats.
In the first set, the athletes made a real swing. Elina led 3:0, then lost 3:5, took the lead 6:5, but didn’t submit to the set. Everything was decided in a tie-break, where Svitolina did not leave her opponent a chance. Elina took all her pitches and had a mini-break three times. As a result, victory in the decisive game – 7:2.
In the second set, the opponents had huge problems with the serve, winning only one of their serve in the entire set. It’s nice that a Ukrainian did it. In the fifth game, Elina took her serve, and later there were only breaks, in which the tennis players did not even reach the score of 40:40. The second set for Svitolina – 6:4.
In total, tennis players spent an hour and 48 minutes on the court. Elina completed four aces with five double faults, converted 9 out of 11 break points and won 3 out of 11 games on her serve.
Video review of the match Svitolina – Azarenka
The next opponent of Svitolina will be another athlete without a flag – the 11th racket of the world Daria Kasatkina. In 2023, the Ukrainian has already defeated her at Roland Garros.
Important. Marta Kostyuk will also represent Ukraine in the 1/8 finals of the tournament. They can also be joined by Angelina Kalinina, who will play her first round match on August 1 at approximately 21:00 against American Jennifer Brady.
2023-08-01 05:59:00
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