Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina (No. 22 WTA) successfully started performing at the WTA 1000 tournament in Dubai (UAE). In the first round, the 30-year-old native of Odessa defeated the Russian woman Anna Kalinskaya (No. 18 WTA), who, due to the captive war of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, was allowed to competition only in neutral status. The match lasted 1 hour 7 minutes and ended with a Ukrainian victory with a score of 6: 1, 6: 2. It was the second full -time meeting of tennis players. Their previous duel - at the tournament in Rome in 2024 - also won Svitolin. In the second circle, Elina will meet with the winner of the match between Rebecca Shramkova (Slovakia) and Klara Tauson (Denmark).

We add that earlier the Ukrainian Dayana Yastremskaya also made its way to the second round of the tournament in Dubai, having beaten the Polish Magdu Linett with a score of 6: 3, 7: 5. The rival of Yastremskaya in the second circle will be the winner of the confrontation between Brazilian Beatrice Haddad-Maya and the " In addition to Sietolina and Yastremskaya, two more Ukrainians will perform at the tournament in Dubai - Angelina Kalinina and Marta Kostyuk, who will hold their starting matches on Monday, February 17. Kalinina will play with the "