Roland-Garros: Svitolina into fourth round, meets Kasatkina next
The former world No 3 edged out Anna Blinkova 2-6, 6-2, 7-5 on Friday
Elina Svitolina, Roland-Garros | © Image Credit: AI / Reuters / Panoramic
Ukrainian Elina Svitolina reached the last 16 of Roland-Garros by edging out Russian Anna Blinkova 2-6, 6-2, 7-5 in Paris on Friday afternoon. The two met last week in the Strasbourg final as well which Svitolina won in straight sets.
The former world No 3 is playing her first Grand Slam since giving birth to her daughter in October. She has been a three-time quarter-finalist at Roland-Garros.
Svitolina, who is now ranked No 192, will face Russian Daria Kasatkina, the No 9 seed, next.
That backspin though @ElinaSvitolina 🌪️🌪️#RolandGarros pic.twitter.com/vLREOCmEAl
— Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) June 2, 2023
Ahead of her victory, the Ukrainian won against Italian Martina Trevisan, the No 26 seed (6-2, 6-2) and Australian qualifier Storm Hunter (2-6, 6-3, 6-1).
We love having you back at #RolandGarros @ElinaSvitolina 🧡🧡 pic.twitter.com/zOk6j6M5VA
— Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) June 2, 2023
Blinkova, ranked No 56, beat Belgian Ysaline Bonaventure (6-2, 6-0) and upset Frenchwoman Caroline Garcia, the No 5 seed (4-6, 6-3, 7-5) in the previous rounds of the French Open.
Roland-Garros (Grand Slam), other third-round results (Stade Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 49,600,000)
- Aryna Sabalenka (2) beat Kamilla Rakhimova: 6-2, 6-2
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova beat Anastasia Potapova (24): 4-6, 6-3, 6-0
- Elise Mertens (28) beat Jessica Pegula (3): 6-1, 6-3
- Daria Kasatkina beat Peyton Stearns: 6-0, 6-1
- Olga Danilovic vs. Ons Jabeur
- Iga Swiatek vs. Xinyu Wang
- Bianca Andreescu vs. Lesia Tsurenko
- Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Bernarda Pera
- Anna Karolina Schmiedlova vs. Kayla Day
- Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
- Mirra Andreeva vs. Coco Gauff
- Elena Rybakina vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo
- Karolina Muchova vs. Irina-Camelia Begu
- Sloane Stephens vs. Yulia Putintseva
- Clara Tauson vs. Elina Avanesyan
People in this post
More tennis news
Kyrgios set to return to ATP Tour at Brisbane International 2025
November 15, 1981: The day Jimmy Connors and John McEnroe misbehaved at Wembley
November 15, 2015: The day Novak Djokovic completed the longest winning streak at the ATP Finals
Sinner not stressed by CAS ruling on WADA appeal: “I’m very positive of how it’s going to be”
World No 1, Cervara, Russia: Everything you always wanted to know about Daniil Medvedev (but never had time to find out) – updated after 2024 ATP Finals loss
