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Ukraine’s first racket Elina Svitolina (No. 5 WTA) won another tough victory at the French Open.
In the second round match, the Ukrainian was almost stopped by Renata Sarasua of Mexico (No. 178 WTA, Q).
Roland Garros. Second circle
Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) – Renata Sarasua (Mexico) – 6: 3, 0: 6, 6: 2
Svitolina continues to play unstable, but due to class she manages to win. Today’s opponent was not supposed to become a serious opponent for the Ukrainian tennis player, but it turned out very differently.
The beginning of the first set is somewhat reminiscent of Elina’s previous match. He got off to a good start, his opponent was nervous, which secured him the lead. The Mexican calmed down over time and began to make up for lost time, but Svitolina still did not repeat the mistakes of the meeting with Gracheva and did not lead him to a tie-break.
But the second batch turned out worse than you might think. Elina completely turned off the game, having received a “flyer” from Renata. The quality of her tennis can be judged by the 36% of the points earned with the first serve and the winners / unforced statistics – 2/16.
In the third set, the most skilled tennis player managed to gather her will into a fist and win. This is what our young tennis players really lack. But the match left a very unpleasant aftertaste at first. If in the first circles Svitolina has not very strong opponents, then without a stable game she will simply have nothing to do. Returning after such failures with tennis players of good level will not work.
In the next round, Svitolina will fight Ekaterina Alexandrova from Russia (No. 31 WTA).
Note that Elina, for the first time in 8 years, lost a set to zero to a tennis player who is not in the top 100 of the world ranking.
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