Elina Svitolina survived a major scare to reach the second round of the French Open, having to come from behind to labour past unheralded Anna Bondar 3-6 6-1 7-6 (10-3) on Monday. A month after she was knocked out of the Madrid Open in straight sets by the Hungarian, Ukrainian seventh seed Svitolina could not […]
Elina Svitolina
Svitolina fights off Gauff to win third Italian Open title
Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina signalled her French Open ambitions by battling past world number four Coco Gauff 6-4 6-7(3) 6-2 in the Italian Open final on Saturday to lift her first claycourt title of the season ahead of ?Roland Garros. Victory over the American followed Svitolina’s wins over world number two Elena Rybakina and third-ranked Iga […]