Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina (No. 192 WTA) made it to the 1/4 finals of the main draw of Roland Garros-2023. In the match of the 1/8 finals, the 28-year-old Ukrainian defeated the Russian Daria Kasatkina (No. 9 WTA) - 6:4, 7:6. The match lasted 1 hour 59 minutes. During the time spent on the court, the Ukrainian filed right through three times, made one double fault and converted 6/12 breakpoints. It was the seventh meeting in history between these tennis players.. All seven matches ended with the victories of Elina. In the last round, a native of Odessa in strong-willed style defeated another Russian Anna Blinkova. In the quarterfinals, Svitolina will fight against the winner of the match between American Sloane Stevens (No. 30 WTA) and Belarusian Arina Sobolenko (No. 2 WTA).

It should be noted that due to the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation into Ukraine, the tennis players of the aggressor countries are allowed to compete only in a neutral status.. Svitolina participates in the Roland Garros draw for the tenth time. This year, Elina has already repeated her best result at Roland Garros - reaching the quarterfinals in 2015, 2017 and 2020. Recall that another Ukrainian, Lesya Tsurenko, also continues her performances at the French Open.. In the 1/8 finals, her opponent will be the first racket of the world Iga Sventek from Poland. The game will take place on Monday, June 5.