“Svitolina will have a hard time surviving this defeat”

Former fourth racket in the world in singles Tim henman On the air of the Eurosport channel, he said that Elina Svitolina would have a hard time forgetting the loss to Nadia Podoroski in the quarterfinals at Roland Garros.

“I think Elina will have a hard time getting over it. She has a much higher rating and it was a great opportunity. I think during the debriefing he should also give credit to his opponent: Podoroska looked great on clay, she was not afraid to run under the backhand and play the forehand. When Svitolina thinks about this match in the coming days, she will be very disappointed not to take advantage of this opportunity.

I don’t think Elina Svitolina is too straightforward, but this is a common topic of conversation. She’s had chances at Grand Slam tournaments, but she really needs to try to make a breakthrough. Look what happened to Dominik Tim, he was in a similar situation and he waited until the US Open, you are expecting something similar with Elina Svitolina. But when he loses in the later stages of TBS, the problem only gets worse, ”Henman said.

As a reminder, it was the Ukrainian’s third quarter-final at Roland Garros. Previously, they lost both matches in this round (to Ana Ivanovic in 2015 and Simone Halep in 2017).