Ukrainian tennis star Elina Svitolina made it to the quarterfinals of the WTA 125 tournament in French Saint-Malo. In the match of the 1/8 finals, the Ukrainian coped with the Belgian Isaline Bonaventure. The match turned out to be very difficult for Elina. Svitolina lost the first set with a score of 2:6, but then she pulled herself together and won a strong-willed victory, winning the next two games. In the decisive set, our compatriot lost 0:3, but managed to switch the game to a tie-break, and then put the squeeze on her opponent. The tense meeting lasted two hours and 23 minutes.. The final score is 2:6, 6:4, 7:6 in favor of the Ukrainian. It should be noted that for the first time since returning from maternity leave, Svitolina managed to win two matches in a row.. In the first round of the tournament in Saint-Malo, Elina beat the representative of Greece Despina Papamichail. In the quarterfinals of the competition, Svitolina will play against the Frenchwoman Leoli Zhanzhan. Earlier it was reported that Elina refused to shake hands with an opponent from Belarus after the match of the first round of the WTA1000 tournament in Madrid. Recall that in early April, Svitolina returned to the court after the decree. In mid-October last year, Elina became a mother for the first time.. Ukrainian woman gave birth to a daughter from her husband, French tennis player Gael Monfils.