Elina Svitolina went out to the quarterfinals Australian Open after victory over Russian

In two sets, she defeated a "neutral" tennis player from Russia Veronica Kudermetov ( # 75 WTA), which allowed her to reach a quarter -finals of the competition. Svitolina has become the only Ukrainian who continues to fight in a single category in this tournament. Such information was published on the YouTube channel Eurosport tennis. In the previous round, Elina showed a strong -willed character by breaking the Italian Jasmine Paolini.

Kudermetov, with whom Svitolina met for the third time, became the next rival of Ukrainian. In the two previous meetings, Svitolin lost, in particular in the last, which took place in Abu Dhabi in 2021. The first set became a real test for Svitolina: she lost 1: 4, but was able to win five games in a row, winning 6: 4. At the same time, Svitolina implemented only 7 Winner against 12 in Kudermetova, but reduced the number of casual errors (9 against 16 in rival).

The second set was a real defeat - Svitolina won 6: 1, losing a single game at the start. Won the five games in a row, the Ukrainian woman completed the match in 1 hour 20 minutes. This is the third quarterfinals for Svitolina on Australian Open (after 2018 and 2019), which repeats her personal record in the tournament.

Since his return to sports after the birth of a baby, she reached the quarterfinals on three Great Helmet tournaments: Australian Open, Rolan Garros 2023 and Wimbledon-2023 and 2024. This victory was 29th for Svitolina on Australian Open, which is best suited Levels of all the "Great Helmet" tournaments. "It has passed so much time since the last quarterfinals, as if all my life," Svitolina said after the match. "Many important events have happened: the birth of a baby, surgery.