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Ukraine’s first racket Elina Svitolina (No. 5 WTA) ended the fight at the Hard Premiere in Czech Ostrava.
In the second round match, the No. 1 seed of Ukraine lost to Maria Sakkari of Greece (No. 23 WTA).
Ostrava. Second circle
Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) – Maria Sakkari (Greece) – 3: 6, 3: 6
Already at the beginning of the game it was clear that we would not feel positive emotions that night. It seemed that Elina’s game was getting even worse after losing in the quarter-finals to Roland Garros. The Ukrainian served poorly, moved poorly and even misread the game. Because of this, the Greek tennis player took the lead with two breaks and confidently held the lead until the end of the first game.
At the beginning of the second set, there was a hint of a fight. Svitolina managed to make a backhand break in the difficult fourth game and it seemed that she was in a more advantageous position, but the level of play of the Ukrainian today did not allow her to count on the victory.
The season is over for Elina, she has yet to lose 1080 points in last year’s Final Tournament and there will be nothing to replace them. Svitolin will not fall into the top ten, but he will be in a difficult position at the beginning of next season.
In the next round, Sakkari will fight Ons Jaber (No. 32 WTA) or Alena Ostapenko (No. 44 WTA).
Dayana Yastremskaya left the tournament earlier.
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