# Elina Svitolina (WTA No. 25) and 2021 “US Open” champion Emma Radukanu (#301) competed in the round of 16 in Auckland.
• In the first set, Svitolina found herself in a hopeless situation (5:1), won the next five games (6:5), but lost 5-7 in the tiebreak. In the second set, the Ukrainian got a break advantage (3:1), lost the next three games (3:4), while in the tiebreak she got behind (1-3) and finished with a streak of six points (7-3). The Ukrainian tennis player dominated the decisive set – 6:1.
• In today’s match, the Ukrainian proved to be superior in break points (6/14 against 4/13) and plays. R/A: 11-3 to 6-6. Net wins to unforced errors: 52-26 to 39-24.
• Svitolina returned from a maternity break last year, made an impressive climb up the world rankings and earned the WTA Comeback of the Year award.
The least you can expect from the 2023 Comeback Player of the Year ????
No.2 seed @ElinaSvitolina fights back from a set down against Raducanu to arrange an Auckland quarterfinal with Bouzkova!#ASBClassic pic.twitter.com/PSomcV415m
— wta (@WTA) January 4, 2024
• Both ended the last season prematurely due to health reasons.
• 21-year-old Radukana underwent three surgeries in a short period of time last year (ankle and both wrists), so she played the last match of the year on April 18, when she lost to our Alyona Ostapenko. Due to the long absence from playing, the British tennis player slipped to the 301st place in the WTA ranking.
Auckland Quarter Finals
#3 Coco Goff (USA) – #42 Varvara Grachova (France) #31 Emma Navarro (USA) – #41 Petra Martic (Croatia) #71 Xiju Wang (China) – #76 Diane Paris (France) #25 Elina Svitolina ( Ukraine) – #36 Maria Bouzkova (Czech Republic)
# On January 5, in the quarter-finals of the “WTA 500” in Brisbane, Latvian tennis leader Aļona Ostapenko (WTA 12) will play against former world leader Victoria Azarenka (#23).
Resources used:
wtatennis.com
2024-01-04 08:55:00
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