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The first racket of Ukraine Elina Svitolina reached the quarterfinals of the US Open.
Ukrainian tennis player defeated Simona Halep from Romania in the 1/8 finals of the final Grand Slam tournament in 2021.
The fight lasted an hour and 17 minutes. Elina needed two games to defeat the ex-first racket of the world with a score of 6: 3, 6: 3.
In the quarterfinals of the US Open, Svitolina will play with the winner in a pair of Angelique Kerber (Germany) - Leila Annie Fernandez (Canada).
Recall that at the previous stages of the US Open-2021 Svitolina defeated Rebecca Marino from Canada (6: 2, 6: 3), Spaniard Rebecca Masarova (6: 2, 7: 5) and Russian Daria Kasatkina (6: 4, 6: 2). Until the Ukrainian lost a single set at the tournament.