Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina won the women’s singles bronze medal match at the Tokyo Olympics.
According to the website of the Olympics, Svitolina defeated her opponent, the representative of Kazakhstan, Elena Rybakina, following the results of three sets with a score of 6:1, 6:7, 4:6.
This is the fifth medal received by the Ukrainian team. As reported, earlier medals in their disciplines were won by shooters Olena Kostevych and Oleh Omelchuk, who became bronze medalists of the Olympics in shooting from a pneumatic pistol from ten meters, epee fencer Ihor Reizlin, judoka Daria Bilodid and swimmer Mykhailo Romanchuk, who won bronze in the 800 swim meters freestyle.
Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina has made it to the semifinals of the season’s final tournament of the U.S. Open, the organization said on its Twitter account.
Svitolina held the quarterfinal match of the U.S. Open against the British Johanna Konta, which lasted 1 hour 40 minutes.
The Ukrainian tennis player held the match without making a single double mistake, making four aces and gave only two aces of her – 6:4, 6:4.
In the semifinals of the U.S. Open, Svitolina will play with the winner of the pair Serena Williams – Wang Qiang.
