The first racket of Ukraine Elina Svitolina in the fourth round of Wimbledon couldn’t cope with the strongest tennis player of Latvia Jelena Ostapenko.
At the start of the match Svitolina managed little – Ukrainian played too short and constantly exposed himself under heavy attack Ostapenko. The champion of Roland Garros confidently held the starting logical games and led 4:1.
In the sixth game of Svitolina fourth attempt took the feed latyshko, and then reduced the gap to the minimum. With the score 3:4 Svitolina had several chances to restore parity, but the Ukrainian has missed three break points, what added to her opponent more confidence in their abilities. In the end, Ostapenko completed the set another successful game at the reception.
The second set thanks to errors Ostapenko Svitolina began to break. To break Elina could not immediately giving his serve. Another chance to turn the game in the fifth racket of the world appeared in the fifth game, but the Ukrainian failed to convert five break-points. And again Ostapenko immediately after a hard game on his serve made the break – Elena led 4:2 and was just two games from the quarterfinals.
The last step to win Ostapenko at the end of the second set could not do – Svitolina with the score 3:5 showed character and played four match-Bola. On break point Ostapenko made a double mistake and allowed the opponent to renew the struggle. The Ukrainian jumped at the chance and continued the resistance.
With the score 5:5 Latvian again Svitolina made a whole batch of gifts, including another double on break point. Elina was in two balls from the end of the set, but failed to apply for to apply for the party. In the tie-break win in the key moment came, and still put the squeeze on Svitolina.
Best career Wimbledon brought Elina Svitolina 147 thousand pounds in prize money and ranking points 240. Next Monday a Ukrainian could become the fourth racket of the world.
Elena Ostapenko (Latvia, 13) Vs. Elina Svitolina (Ukraine, 4) – 6:3, 7:6
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