June 2. Roland Garros. Women. Simple. 1/16 final. Anna Blinkova (Russia) – Elina Svitolina (Ukraine)
Forecast: Victory of Svitolina
The 24-year-old Russian continues to keep herself in shape and in the end she has already managed to make a splash. On May 31, in the 1/32 finals, Blinkova was able to win a voluntary victory over Frenchwoman Caroline Garcia in three sets – 4:6; 6:3; 7:5. The denouement occurred in the third episode. With the score 5-5 in matches, Blinkova made a second break, then Anna, not without difficulty, but still ranked for the game. The tennis players spent 2 hours and 55 minutes on the court. The victory was only the second for Blinkova in her career against a top 10 opponent in the WTA rankings.
On Thursday, Anna Blinkova played a doubles match at the Grand Slam tournament in Paris. In the 1/32 finals, Blinkova, together with her compatriot Varvara Gracheva, lost in three sets to Ukrainian tennis player Marta Kostyuk and Elena-Gabriela Ruse from Romania – 3:6; 6:3; 2:6. The tennis players spent two hours on the court.
Svitolina, 28, continues to show great tennis at the Grand Slam tournament in France. In the 1/32 final, Svitolina won a voluntary victory over Storm Hunter from Australia in three sets – 2: 6; 6:3; 6:1. Elina failed to start the match, she lost the match twice in a row on her serve and started to lose with the score 0:4 in matches. However, the Ukrainian seriously added and succeeded in the second and third sets. The tennis players spent 1h50 on the court. Elina Svitolina and Anna Blinkova played together recently in the final of the clay court tournament in Strasbourg. On May 27, Svitolina won a landslide victory in two sets – 6:2; 6:3.
What to expect from the next meeting? Viewers will not be bored. The Ukrainian tennis player will try to do everything to win. It is possible that after the match, tennis players will refrain from shaking hands again. Previously, Ukrainian women repeatedly refused to shake hands with Russian tennis players. Blinkova wants revenge for the defeat in Strasbourg, but it won’t happen. The Ukrainian will once again please her fans.
The tournament started on May 28. In 2022, the French Open in ladies’ singles was won by the representative of Poland, the first racket in the world, Iga Swiatek.
Andrey Andreev, Sport.Ru
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