Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina made it to the 1/4 finals of Wimbledon 2023. In the fourth round match, the 28-year-old native of Odessa (No. 76 WTA) defeated Belarusian Victoria Azarenka (No. 20 WTA), who is the former world number one. An extremely tense match ended with a score of 6:2, 4:6, 6:7 (9:11). Tennis players spent 2 hours and 49 minutes on the court. The fate of the decisive set was determined by a tie-break, in which the Ukrainian won.

Note that Svitolina and Azarenka played each other on grass for the first time. In their previous five face-to-face fights (four matches on hard and one on clay), the Belarusian has consistently won. Svitolina made it to the 1/4 finals of Wimbledon for the first time in four years. Elina competes in the main draw of the grass major for the ninth time. Her best result at this Grand Slam remains the semi-finals in 2019. In the quarterfinals, the Ukrainian will compete with the first racket of the world, the Polish Iga Sventek, who defeated the Swiss Belinda Bencic (No.

14 WTA) in a difficult match - 6:7, 7:6, 6:3. Recall that in the third round match, Svitolina dealt with a native of Moscow, Sofia Kenin, who represents the United States. This year, Russians and Belarusians were allowed to Wimbledon in a neutral status, subject to a number of rules. Tennis players from Russia and Belarus, as well as their teams, had to sign a " Also, players receiving funding from aggressor countries were not allowed to participate in the tournament..