On Tuesday, July 27, Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina (No.6 WTA) defeated Maria Sakkari from Greece (No.19 WTA) in the 1/8 finals of the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.

The fight, which lasted almost three hours, ended with a difficult victory for the first racket of Ukraine in three games - 5: 7, 6: 3, 6: 4.

Thus, Elina has already repeated the achievement of the 2016 Olympics, where she reached the quarter-finals stage..

In the quarterfinals, Svitolina will fight against Karolina Pliskova from the Czech Republic (No 7 WTA) or Camila Giorgi from Italy (No 61 WTA).

Olympic Games in Tokyo will be held until August 8. Ukraine at the Olympics is represented by 157 athletes - this is the smallest number of participants from Ukraine at the Summer Games since independence. Reported by ZN. UA.