Today, on April 30, the final match of the Turkish 250-thousandth in Istanbul took place, in which Ukrainian Elina Svitolina and Alice Mertens from Belgium met.

The pupil of the Kharkov tennis school did not experience any problems in the decisive match and won in two sets - 6: 2, 6: 4.

"For Alice it was an excellent tournament, I congratulate her, ahead of her there are many more such tournaments. Thanks to my team for the work and for everything you do for me every day.

Turkish tennis is improving, from year to year the tournament is getting better and better. Also thanks to all the fans for your messages and support. I hope next year I will be able to return here and defend my title, "said Svitolina after the match.

Note that this title became the third for Elina in the current season. In 2017, the Ukrainian won at the tournaments in Taipei and Dubai.

Earlier it was reported that the women's national team of Ukraine in tennis lost to Germany in the playoffs of the Federation Cup.