The first racket of Ukraine Elina Svitolina started at Roland Garros with a strong-willed victory over the former first racket of the world Karolina Plishkova from the Czech Republic.
To reach the next round of the competition, the Ukrainian needed three sets — 3:6, 6:4, 6:2.
The tennis players spent 1 hour and 58 minutes on the court, during which Elina served three times and made two double faults. Pliskova has three aces and five double faults.
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In the first set, the Czech took the lead 3:1. Subsequently, Elina managed to reduce the lead to one game in 3:4, but Carolina scored a break and converted the first set point.
In the second set, an equal fight unfolded on the court. The key game in the match was the tenth game of Pliskova’s serve, which Svitolina managed to take and thus establish parity in the match in sets.
At the start of the decisive game, Svitolina made a break and led 2:0. With the score 4:2, the Ukrainian did not allow her opponent to reduce the gap and brought the game to victory, taking two consecutive serves from Carolina.
The next opponent of the Ukrainian will be the winner of the confrontation between the French women Fiona Ferro and Diane Parry.
Another Ukrainian, Angelina Kalinina, finished her performances already in the first round. She won the first set against Colombian Camila Osorio, but allowed her opponent to win the second in a tiebreaker. In the decisive game, Angelina took a medical time-out, and then withdrew from the match when the score was 1:4 in favor of Kamila.
