Svitolina for the first time, made it to 1/8 final of Wimbledon

The first racket of Ukraine Elina Svitolina continues to move in the tournament of Wimbledon.

The beginning of the tournament was held for Svitolina ideal – Kharkov in a bitter match was Ashleigh Barty (7:5, 7:6), and in the second round defeated Francesca Schiavone (6:3, 6:0) and first broke through in the 1/16 finals of Wimbledon.

Rival Svitolina in the third round was 65-I racket of the world from Germany Karina Witthoeft, who in the first round match against Mirjana Lucic-Baroni to recoup from the account 0:5 in the deciding set. Tennis players first met in an official match.

The beginning of the match passed under dictation Svitolina, Ukrainian, using the uncertainty of the opponent, quickly led 4:0, and with the match against Schiavone, Elina brought the number of won games in a row to 13. At the end of the set, Svitolina scored another break and came close to updating the record of Ukraine at the Wimbledon.

During the second set, Svitolina was leading 4:2, but Wicket not only managed to get back in the game, but also to seize the initiative. With the score 4:4 German made the break and came to serve for the set. Svitolina time came to himself and did not allow the opponent to prolong the game in a single game. Elina promptly made a back break, confidently defended his serve in the 12th game of the first attempt implemented a match-bol.

Elina Svitolina became the first tennis player from Ukraine who managed to reach the 1/8 finals of Wimbledon. For the quarter-finals Kharkov will compete with the winner of the match between Jelena Ostapenko (Latvia) and Kamila Georgie (Italy).

Karina Witthoeft (Germany) – Elina Svitolina (Ukraine, 4) – 1:6, 5:7

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