The first racket of Ukraine Elina Svitolina in a major tournament in Madrid interrupted his winning streak.
In the first round of the Spanish tournament of series WTA Premier Mandatory with a prize Fund of €5,924,318 Svitolina met with the 67-th racket of the world of Zheng Saisai. First-person game between players took place in February this year in Dubai and ended with a confident victory Svitolina (7:5, 6:1).
Salsas with the active assistance of the competitor began the match with a break. Svitolina did not do from this tragedy, responding to the Chinese series of the four won games in a row. To close the set with the lead in three games for Elina was not easy.
In the second set, Saisai twice led with a break Svitolina had a good idea to work with the score 2:4 to make the fracture in the game. Ukrainian did back break, equalized, and in the tenth game failed to implement the match-ball. Soon Saisai played another match-bol, and then, yielding 2:4, pulled the tie-break.
The deciding set Svitolina started with a break, but Saisai took the initiative and started to take one game after another. The Chinese girl didn’t stop even six missed match-balls. With the seventh Saisai celebrated a sensational victory.
Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) – Zheng Saisai (China) – 6:2, 6:7, 3:6
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