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Svitolina beat last year’s Roland Garros semi-finalist Martina Trevisan in the first round. In the second round, she faced qualifiers Storm Sanders. The Ukrainian conceded 0:4 in the first set and eventually lost 2:6.
Then Svitolina took the initiative and won the next two sets quite easily – 6:3, 6:1.
On clay this season, Svitolina lost in the first round of the Rome and Madrid tournament, but then managed to win the Strasbourg tournament just before Roland Garros, and in the final she defeated Blinkova – 6:2, 6: 3. It was the first meeting of tennis players, and today it will be the second.
A straight-sets victory over Ysaline Bonaventure took Blinkova to the second round, where she faced world No. 5 Caroline Garcey. The Russian woman lost her serve at the start of the first set and after that she couldn’t catch her opponent, she lost 4:6.
Blinkova gave the serve at the very start of the second set, but she played the next five games perfectly and took the lead with the score 5:1. At this point, she again made a mistake trying to close the set, but she managed to do so on the second attempt and won the second set 6:3.
In the third set, Blinkova took a break and served for the match with the score 5:4, got two match points, but eventually lost her serve. But Anna immediately corrected herself in the next game and did it again, then she pressured Garcia on her serve from match point six and won the game.
Tennis. Roland Garros. Third circle. Blinkova – Svitolina. Direct
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