Elina Svitolina made it to the finals of the WTA tournament for the first time since 2021.
Famous Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina made it to the finals of the WTA 250 series tournament in Strasbourg, France.
In the semifinals of the competition, the ex-third racket of the world defeated the representative of France, Clara Burrell, in three sets.
Strasbourg. 1/2 of the final
Clara Burel (France) – Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) – 6:4, 5:7, 3:6
The match lasted 2 hours and 23 minutes. The Ukrainian tennis player served once, made three double faults and used 8/16 break points.
In the second game, Svitolina lost 1:4, but was able to make a comeback and win 4 games in a row, and soon completely close the match.
Elina Svitolina meets Clara Burrell for the second time in her career. The score in face-to-face meetings is 2:0 in favor of the representative of Ukraine.
In the final of the tournament in Strasbourg, the famous Ukrainian will play against the Russian Anna Blinkova. The game will take place on May 27. The approximate start time of the match is 16:00 Kyiv time.
It is worth noting that for Svitolina this will be the first final since August 2021. Then she took the trophy at the WTA 250 hard tournament in Chicago.
We will remind, on the way to the semifinals of the tournament in Strasbourg Elina Svitolina defeated Russian Varvara Grachova.