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Ukraine’s first racket Elina Svitolina (WTA # 5) completed her performance at the WTA 500 in Abu Dhabi.
The 26-year-old Ukrainian, second seeded of the tournament, lost to Veronika Kudermetova of Russia in the quarterfinal match (No. 46 WTA).
Abu Dhabi. 1/4 final
Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) – Veronika Kudermetova (Russia) – 7: 5, 3: 6, 6: 7 (3)
Svitolina was eager to get revenge on Kudermetova for her defeat in Moscow. Then he clearly did not show his best game, although two weeks later he reached the final of the Final tournament.
After a lovely meeting with the participation of Marta Kostyuk, this meeting looked more academic. Both players shot powerfully with flat shots, only occasionally changing the pattern of play. Kudermetova sometimes brought Svitolina to the net, the Ukrainian did not always have time. The first set took place in an equal fight, but Elina caught her opponent in a slight decline in the eleventh game, after which the Russian woman simply did not have time to recover.
In the second set, Verónica reduced her offensive ardor, almost on par with Svitolina in attacking pressure. Surprisingly, it was worth it. Elina made a mistake several times on important points, letting her opponent take two breaks ahead. It is unrealistic to recover such a reserve from Kudermetova, she serves very strongly.
But the third could turn in any direction. Despite the fact that the Russian woman led for a long time with a break, in the sixth and eighth games Svitolina had excellent opportunities to restore the status quo. It resulted in the eighth, after which there was an easy defense of his serve, but it didn’t work out for the match. The tennis players returned to exchange breaks and went to a tie-break. And if yesterday the rival was very worried at this time, today – no. Kudermetova played with confidence and deserved to win.
We won’t be able to see the Ukraine semi-final tomorrow in Abu Dhabi, but we continue to support Martha.
Note that Svitolina’s six-game series of victories over the Russians was interrupted. Also before this fight, he won 40 matches in a row, taking over in the first game. Elina will maintain the fifth line of the world ranking.
This was the second meeting of tennis players, the Russian woman won three sets again (Kremlin Cup-2019).
In the next round, Kudermetova will face the Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk (No. 99 WTA).
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