The first racket of Ukraine Elina Svitolina successfully started performances at the WTA 500 tournament in Washington. In the first round match, our compatriot defeated Belarusian Victoria Azarenka. The duel between the Ukrainian (No. 27 WTA) and the former first racket of the world from the aggressor country (No. 19 WTA) lasted one hour and 48 minutes. A native of Odessa defeated the " During the meeting, Elina completed 4 passes right through and made 5 double faults.

It is worth noting that Svitolina defeated Azarenka for the second time in the last month.. In July, the Ukrainian beat the Belarusian in the 1/8 finals of Wimbledon. It is noteworthy that before that, all five face-to-face fights were won by Victoria.

Azarenka is a two-time Grand Slam champion. Belarusian has twice triumphed at the Australian Open (2012, 2013). In the second round of the tournament in Washington, Elina's opponent will be the " Recall that two more Ukrainians perform at the tournament in Washington - Marta Kostyuk and Angelina Kalinina. In the first round, Kostyuk defeated Bianca Andreescu from Canada, and Kalinina will start the competition on August 1 with a match with American Jennifer Brady.