“Elina in two sets coped with Camilla Rakhimova in the second round”, – WRITE: Sport.ua
In the second round, Ukrainian in two sets beat the Russian woman Camilla Rakhimov (WTA 62), which acts in “neutral” status. The match ended in 1 hour and 30 minutes.
WTA 1000 Montreal. Hard, 1/32 finals
Camilla Rakhimova – Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) [10] – 5: 7, 2: 6
In the first party, Elina confidently won 5: 1, but gave four games in a row, losing two breaks. Despite the difficulty, Svitolina took the first set and then confidently won the second.
Elina conducted the first face -to -face confrontation against Rakhimova.
The next rival of the Ukrainian tennis player will be another “neutral” – Anna Kalinskaya. Kalinskaya in her match of the second circle beat Eliza Mertens. Elina used to play against Anna twice and won twice.
Svitolina became the fourth representative of Ukraine, who managed to reach the 1/16 finals of Montreal-2025. Previously, Marta Kostyuk, Diana Yastremskaya and Yulia Starodubtseva did it. All four Ukrainians who have been declared to the Canadian militia continue the struggle.
Sealed with An Ace 💌@Elinasvitolina Knocks Out Rakhimova in Straight Sets, 7-5, 6-2, Securing Her Spot in Round 3.#Obn25 Pic.twitter.com/yfb1G9zkyy
– WTA (@wta) July 31, 2025
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