Elina Svitolina esta presentado credenciales de mucha credibilidad en el Roland-Garros, despues de un electrizante partido de segunda ronda frente a la experimentada Tsvetana Pironkova, quien ha sido semifinalsta de Grand Slam…
La joven Svitolina de 22 años de edad y numero 5 en el torneo como campeona del abierto de Roma, pero tambien con marca de haber sido eliminada en primera ronda en Madrid. bajo la lupa tenia que demostrar su fortaleza mental y que puede ser considerada una autentica candidata a pelear el titutlo en Francia y lo demotros con una victoria complicada ante una rival a la que no se habia enfrentado, la Ukraniana se impuso en 3 sets con parciales de 3-6, 6-3 y 6-2 en una hora y 50 minutos de intenso, juego y despues de haber perdido el primer set.
En tercera ronda Svitolina se enfrentará a la Polaca Magda Linette quien dio la sorpresa eliminando a la Corta Ana Konjuh con parciales de 6-0 y 7-5.
Does No.5 seed and top-10 arriviste Elina Svitolina have what it takes to live up to her title contender billing? Yes, if the way she battled past a resilient Tsvetana Pironkova is anything to go on.
With no previous encounter, the second-round match-up between No.5 seed Elina Svitolina and the experienced, big-game player Tsvetana Pironkova, a former Grand Slam semi-finalist, had plenty of banana-skin potential.
After all, the 22-year-old from Ukraine arrived at Roland-Garros as champion of Rome and a title favourite, but she also had a shock first-round exit at Madrid on her record. Under the spotlight here to quash doubts about her mental readiness to live up to the expectation of being a true Grand Slam contender, Svitolina hustled through one hour and 50 minutes on Court No.2 to quash the resilient Bulgarian 3-6, 6-3, 6-2.
If the measure of a champion is playing your way out of trouble, Svitolina showed she has it in bucketloads. It took most of two fraught sets for her to finally get the measure of an opponent ranked No.77 in the world who embellished her solid clay-court game with deft touches aplenty and a wily variety of pace. The Ukrainian’s frustration with herself met with quiet composure from the 2016 Roland-Garros quarter-finalist.
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