The fourth racket of the world, Ukrainian Elina Svitolina lost in the quarter finals of the prestigious tournament of the WTA Premier Mandatory series in Miami Alena Ostapenko.

Svitolina lost to the opponent on a tie-break with the score 6: 7 and 6: 7. The game lasted 1 hour and 48 minutes. Note that Elina again failed to cope with Latvia - earlier Ostapenko beat Svitolina at Wimbledon in 2017.

In the semi-final of the competition Ostapenko will meet with American Daniel Collins, who sensationally knocked out of the tournament Venus Williams.

Recall that in the 1/8 finals Svitolina beat Australian Ashley Barty.

Here, as Svitolina herself commented on her failure.

"This is a heavy defeat, but I did not have enough concentration. I was included in the game, then again dropped out of it. I was not focused on the important points when it was necessary. The fate of the meeting decided trivialities, because Alena is a wonderful player. She does not miss her opportunities.

Recently, I changed my game a bit and became more aggressive. And, despite the defeat, I still feel the progress. There are many tournaments in WTA, so defeat is inevitable. The main thing is to make the right conclusions and move forward, "- quotes the words of Svitolina WTA official website.

Despite the defeat, Svitolina earned 180 rating points and about 167 thousand dollars in prize money. The total prize money for this tournament is $ 8,648,508.