Elina Svitolina shocks Varvara Gracheva 6-3 6-4 in the quarter in Strasbourg on Thursday. Svitolina will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Clara Burel in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 22 minutes. Elina won this tournament once in 2020. Here you can see her history at this event.
The Ukrainian added to her prize money € 4,230 after winning this match. She has already won € 9,810 until now in this tournament. If she wins the next match, Svitolina will add € 7,780 to her earnings to get in total € 17,590.
Highlights Elina Svitolina vs. Varvara Gracheva Internationaux de Strasbourg – Strasbourg
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:22
At the end of the match, Elina scored 63 points vs. the Russian’s 45.
Svitolina
The Ukrainian served very well to win 81% of the points (25/31) behind her first serve, and she won 60% points (12/20) on her second serve. Elina was sharp when converting 80% of the break points that she conquered (4/5).
Gracheva
On the other side, Gracheva was remarkable in converting the only break point that she converted. Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this contest, the head to head between Svitolina and Gracheva is 2-0 for Elina.
Draw and next match H2H: Elina Svitolina vs. Clara Burel – stats
Svitolina will come up against Burel in the semifinal.
This will be the 2nd time that Elina Svitolina and Clara Burel face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Svitolina (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Svitolina won 5-7 6-1 2-0 ret. in the 1st round in Chicago back in 2021.
Live score progression and stats
Svitolina won the set after she broke Varvara in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
Elina failed to serve out the set when leading 6-3 to be broken at 15.
Gracheva was eclipsed in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 2-3 to 6-3.
Elina converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 7th (3-3 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Elina didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 53 points. Elina was the one to win the set after conquering 15 points more than Gracheva (34-19). The Ukrainian was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (20-3). On the losing side, the Russian conceded 14 points on serve (16-14).
Svitolina won the set after she broke Varvara in the 4th (3-1) and in the 10th (6-4) game. Varvara tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (4-3) game. Notwithstanding, Elina managed to stay calm and finish the job to win the set 6-4.
Svitolina was flawless in converting all her break points in the 4th (2-1 0-40) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40). On the other side, the Russian was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 7th game (2-4 40-A).
They played 55 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Elina won just 3 points more than Gracheva (29-26). The Ukrainian lost 11 points on serve (17-11). In addition, on the other side, Varvara conceded 12 points on serve (15-12).
Tennis Scores in Strasbourg
- Clara BurelBurel – Bernarda PeraPera (6-2 3-6 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Anna BlinkovaBlinkova – Emma NavarroNavarro (6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Varvara GrachevaGracheva (6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Lauren DavisDavis – Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova (1-6 7-62 6-0) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Lauren DavisDavis – Anna BlinkovaBlinkova (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Clara BurelBurel – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (0-1) – H2H details and stats
