Ukrainian tennis player Svitolina confidently defeats her opponent and advances to Australian Open second round
Pravda Ukraine
Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina (27) started the Australian Open 2025 with a victory.
Source: Champion, a sports news platform within Ukrainska Pravda’s holding company
Details: In the first round, she defeated Romanian Sorana Cirstea (71) with a score of 6:4, 6:4.
The match lasted 1 hour and 33 minutes. Svitolina made two aces and completed three out of twelve break points. The Ukrainian has four double faults in her passive.
Her opponent had four aces and completed one of two break points. Cirstea also has four double faults.
This was the fourth face-to-face meeting for the tennis players. Svitolina also won the previous three.
This is Svitolina’s 99th victory at the Grand Slam tournaments.
Svitolina also secured her 26th victory at the Australian Open, making her the clear leader in this category among all Ukrainian tennis players, regardless of gender – Andrii Medvedev has 13 wins on Australian courts.
Background: On the first day of the tournament, Yuliia Starodubtseva was defeated by Canada’s Leylah Fernandez.
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