The first racket of Ukraine and so far the fifth racket of the planet Elina Svitolina failed to overcome the semifinal of the tournament in Montreal - Rogers Cup.
Svitolina stopped a step away from the decisive match, losing to the American - Sloan Stevens.
The meeting ended with a score of 3: 6 and 3: 6. Thus, beating Svitolina, Stevens reached the final of the competition, not giving rivals a single set.
In the final Sloan will compete with the first racket of the world - Simone Halep (Romania).
After this defeat, Svitolina will definitely leave the rating of the top 5 tennis players of the planet. Now, most likely, the Ukrainian will be on the seventh line. Within 15 months Elina took the 5th position.
It is interesting that it was Svitolina who was the current champion of the Rogers Cup. The next tournament for her will be WTA Premier in Cincinnati.