The first racket of Ukraine Elina Svitolina defeated the “neutral” Anna Kalinska in two sets at the WTA 1000 ground tennis tournament in Rome, reports Suspilne. Sport” reports.
This is the tenth time in her career that Elina Svitolina has played in a tournament in Rome. Thanks to her place among the top seeds, the first seed of Ukraine began her performances in Italy with a crushing victory in the second round: she defeated Italian Sara Errani in two sets (6-0, 6-2).
In the third round, the Ukrainian met with a “neutral” tennis player Anna Kalynska. Reportedly, the athletes had never met on the court before the 1/16 finals of the Italian Open. Now, Svitolina has one victory in personal meetings.
Elina Svitolina (Ukraine, 19) – Anna Kalinska (26) 2: 0 (6: 3, 6: 3)
Svitolina closed the first set with a 6-3 victory, in the second set the score was level until the fourth game, but in the fifth game Kalinska managed to win two break points, but eventually Svitolina took the lead and eventually won 6-3.
The match between Svitolina and Kalinska lasted 1:14 hours. During the game, the Ukrainian made one double fault. Svitolina also served a forehand once.
In the next round, Ukraine’s top-ranked player will meet the world’s second-ranked player, the “neutral” Arina Sabayenko.
Elina Svitolina won the championship twice in Rome: in 2017-2018. The last time the Ukrainian played in Rome was in 2023, when she was stopped in the first round by another Ukrainian, Lesia Tsurenko (4:6, 3:6).
Svitolina is the last representative of Ukraine at the WTA 1000 in Rome. Earlier, Diana Yastremska lost to Arina Sabayenko, and Angelina Kalinina was defeated by the eighth-ranked player in the world, Greek Maria Sakkari.
Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina has outplayed Victoria Azarenka of Belarus and reached the final of the 2023 Roku Olympics, reports Suspilne. Sport.”
This is the sixth face-to-face meeting between Svetolina and Azarenka. The previous five were won by the participant from Belarus.
The game between Svitolina and Azarenka in the fourth round of Wimbledon lasted almost three hours. Svitolina won on the tiebreak in the deciding game.
Elina advanced to the quarterfinals of Wimbledon for the second time in her career, her best result remains the semifinals at the tournament.
Svitolina’s next opponent will be the first racket of the world, Iga Schwentek of Poland.
According to the results of Wimbledon Svitolina will enter the top 40 of the world ranking.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has chosen Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina as the second ambassador of the UNITED 24 national brand, the President’s Office of Ukraine reported.
Svitolina’s presentation by the second ambassador of the UNITED24 fundraising platform took place during an online meeting with the head of state, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov and platform coordinator Yaroslav Hres, the press service of the President’s Office said Tuesday evening.
In addition, the first UNITED 24 ambassador Andriy Shevchenko joined the videoconference, together with whom Svitolina will continue to unite the world sports community around helping Ukraine.
The President thanked Svitolina for the active position that the athlete has taken since the first days of the war, and noted that it is important to talk about Ukraine in the world.
The President’s Office also stressed that at the end of July, a charity game of the first racket of the world Iga Świątek is planned under the patronage of Svitolina.
During the first four weeks of the UNITED 24 fundraising platform, more than $52.5 million was raised for the needs of Ukraine.
As reported, on May 18, Zelensky signed a decree on the establishment of the UNITED 24 national brand and congratulated the first ambassador of this brand – the legendary Ukrainian football player and coach Andriy Shevchenko.
On June 7, the Ministry of Youth and Sports opened a special account in the National Bank of Ukraine for donations within the framework of the UNITED24 Restoration Fund initiative.
Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina has lost to American Serena Williams in the U.S. Open semi-final and left the competition, the organization said on its Twitter account.
American tennis player Williams beat Svitolina in two sets with a score of 6:3, 6:1. The meeting lasted 1 hour 10 minutes. Williams won the 101st match at the U.S. Open and repeated the record of her compatriot Chris Evert.
Williams will play with Canadian Bianca Andreescu in the U.S. Open final.
