Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina (No. 508 WTA) defeated Russian Anna Blinkova (No. 66 WTA) in the final of the WTA 250 tournament in Strasbourg, France.

The match lasted 1 hour 33 minutes and ended with a confident victory of the Ukrainian with a score of 6:2, 6:3.

It should be noted that athletes from Russia and Belarus perform at tennis tournaments in a neutral status..

Recall that Elina Svitolina is a former third racket of the world and the best tennis player in the history of Ukraine..

At the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, Svitolina won bronze, winning the first medal for Ukraine in the history of tennis Olympic tournaments. In total, she has 17 individual awards..

The last time Elina won the WTA 250 tournament in Chicago in August 2021.

In March last year, she took a break from her career and gave birth to a child, and in December she resumed training..

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Earlier it was reported that the Ukrainian tennis player played a match in tandem with a Russian woman at the WTA tournament.