Svitolina reached the second round of the tournament in Beijing

The first racket of Ukraine Elina Svitolina successfully launched on the major hard-court WTA Premier Mandatory in Beijing.

After the defeat in the fourth round of the US Open, Svitolina for a month disappeared from the radar of the WTA tour. The return of the Ukrainian women was held in Beijing, one of the last major tournaments of the final part of the season.

In the first round of the China Open Svitolina met with the 115-th racket of the world of China’s Zhu Lin, who received a wild card into a home tournament. Tennis player for the second time intersect at the official level, last year in Kuala Lumpur Svitolina gave Zhu Lin six games.

In the first set Svitolina made a break, and his serve played four break points. In the second set when the score was 1:1 Svitolina won back five break-points, then twice defeated opponent at the reception and gave it to the exit in the second round.

Svitolina in the match against Zhu Lin made 5 aces, made 2 double faults, scored 3 out of 4 break points and won 77% of the balls on the first pass.

Next opponent Elina Svitolina in Beijing will become a spokeswoman for Australia’s Ashleigh Barty, who at the tournament in Wuhan sensationally got to the final and won the right to start at the China Open with a second round.

Elina Svitolina (Ukraine, 3) Zhu Lin (China) – 6:3, 6:2

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