Former world No. 3 Elina Svitolina kicked off with a win at the French Open.
In the first round, the Ukrainian met with the representative of Italy, Martina Trevisan, who is the 24th racket of the world..
The fight lasted 1 hour 12 minutes and ended with a confident victory for Svitolina in two sets with a score of 6:2, 6:2.
For Elina Svitolina, this is the first victory over an opponent from the top 30 of the WTA rating since September 2021.
Ukrainian woman guaranteed herself 150th place in the updated world ranking. In the second round of the tournament, she will play with the Australian Storm Sanders (WTA 204).
Another Ukrainian, Dayana Yastremska, left the women's singles category following the match with Croatian Donna Vekic - 2:6, 5:7.
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Earlier, a Ukrainian tennis player was booed at Roland Garros for refusing to shake hands with an opponent from Belarus.