For the quarter-finals Svitolina competed with the 292-th racket of the world Victoria Cutenco for which the victory over Nao hibino in the first round was the first on the WTA tour in 2014.
This time he Svitolina had no problems – Ukrainian played in the attacking style that helped her to pursue the next stage of the tournament.
In the first set, the key break she has done with the score 4:3 in its favor, and in the second game 13 racket of the world, yielding 2:3, won four consecutive games, finishing the match with a series of spectacular blows through.
In the quarterfinal Elina Svitolina waiting for another tennis player from Romania – 66-ranked Sorana Cirstea, which is a native of Odessa last year won the Open championship of France.
Elina Svitolina (Ukraine 1) Alexander Katuntu (Romania) — 6:3, 6:3
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