Svitolina makes it to 1/8 finals of WTA 1000 tournament in Rome

Ukrainian defeated neutral Kalinska.

Ukraine's top-ranked Elina Svitolina (WTA 19) defeated neutral Anna Kalinska (WTA 26) 6-3, 6-3 in the third round of the WTA 1000 tournament in Rome, Ukrinform reports.

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The match lasted 1 hour and 14 minutes. Svitolina served 2 times, made 1 double fault and used 4/9 breakpoints.

It was the first meeting of the tennis players.

In the 1/8 finals of the competition, Svitolina will play against second seed Arina Sobolenko, who previously defeated Diana Yastremska.

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