The fourth racket of the world, Ukrainian Elina Svitolina confidently started the tournament series WTA Premier Mandatory in Madrid.

Svitolina easily figured out the French tennis player Alizoy Corne - 6: 2 and 6: 2. To win, the Ukrainian spent 1 hour and 12 minutes.

In the second round of the competition Elina will play with the winner of the pair Barbara Strycova (Czech Republic) - Carla Suarez-Navarro (Spain). In addition to Svitolina, Lesya Tsurenko and Marta Kostyuk also take part in these competitions among Ukrainian women..

Interesting is the fact that this is the third consecutive victory of Svitolina over Corne. Recently, Corne was defeated by the same Kostyuk.