Elina Svitolina
FTU
Elina Svitolina (7) reached the semifinals of the WTA 500 tournament in Stuttgart. In the quarterfinal match, the fourth-seeded Ukrainian beat the Czech Linda Noskova (13).
The game lasted 1 hour 40 minutes and ended with the score 7:6(2), 7:5.
At the start of the meeting, Elina did not realize a double break point, and until the tie-break, the tennis players confidently held their own serves. Svitolina played the thirteenth game composedly and did not leave any chances to her opponent.
The Ukrainian started the second set just as confidently. Elina took a 4:1 lead, and after that her game suddenly fell apart. Noskova, who had not had a single break point before, began to impose a fight, and when Svitolina served for the match with a score of 5:3, she still made a reverse break.
Moreover, at 5:5, the Czech already had a chance to go ahead, but Elina held on. And, as our best tennis player knows how, at the right moment she turned herself on to full power and ended the match in her favor with a brilliant round shot – 7:5.
During the match, Svitolina served 11 times, avoided double faults and made 1 break. Her opponent served 6 aces, made 5 service errors and 1 break.
Match review
Porsche Tennis Grand Prix – WTA 500
Stuttgart, Germany, soil (hall)
Prize fund: €1,049,083
Quarter-finals, April 17
Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) – Linda Noskova (Czech Republic) 7:6(2), 7:5
Rivals met for the third time, the Ukrainian won only the first victory. In the semifinals of the competition, Svitolina will play against the stronger player in the match between Coco Goff (3, USA) and Karolina Muhova (12, Czech Republic).
By reaching the semifinals, Elina repeated her best achievement in Stuttgart five years ago.
Traditionally, the main prize of this competition is a representative Porsche car.
We will remind that Svitolina started from the second round of the tournament in Stuttgart, in which crushed Eva Lys (78), a German of Ukrainian descent.
