Athletistic/Tennis. Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina, bronze medalist at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games (Japan) and former third racket in the world, suffered a crushing defeat in her first match at the WTA-1000 category tournament in Montreal (Canada).

At the start of the competition, the 26th racket in the world, Svitolina, lost to the finalist of the Australian Open in 2022, the American Danielle Collins (48th racket in the world, Q), on the score of 2:6, 2:6. The duration of the match was 1 hour and 12 minutes. During the match, Svitolina made three deposits from start to finish, made three double faults and failed to convert two break points. On the other hand, Collins had three aces, three double faults and four successful break points out of eight.

In the second round, Daniel Collins will play against Maria Sakkari, the eighth racket in the world of Greece.

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