Amazing Elina Svitolina wins the Internationaux de Strasbourg. HIGHLIGHTS – STRASBOURG RESULTS

Elina Svitolina stuns Anna Blinkova 6-2 6-3 in the final in Strasbourg on Saturday after playing a terrific match to win her 17^th career title, the 1^st of this season and the first as a mother. The match lasted 1 hour and 33 minutes. This is the second time Elina wins the tournament. Here you can see when her history at this event.

Strasbourg

Svitolina's Record

Elina added € 12,170 to her prize money after winning this final. She has earned € 29,760 in total after conquering this tournament.

Highlights Elina Svitolina vs. Anna Blinkova Internationaux de Strasbourg – Strasbourg

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Svitolina

Blinkova

6-2 6-3
1h:33

75

75

Total points

58

58

27

27

Winners

13

13

36%

36%

Ratio Winners

22%

22%

-- Serve --

1

1

Aces

0

0

3

3

Double Faults

2

2

61%

61%

1st in

53%

53%

59%

59%

1st won

42%

42%

27/46

27/46

1st won

13/31

13/31

41%

41%

2nd won

33%

33%

12/29

12/29

2nd won

9/27

9/27

-- Break Points --

7/13

7/13

Total

3/10

3/10

54%

54%

Won

30%

30%

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At the end of the match, Svitolina scored 75 points vs. Anna’s 58.

Svitolina

Svitolina didn’t lose the focus when converting 54% of the break points that she conquered (7/13).

Blinkova

On the other side, the Russian was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points (only 30% – 3/10). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this match, the head to head between Svitolina and Blinkova is 1-0 for Elina.

This was the 17^th career title for Elina. (see list of titles and finals). Anna 0^th remains with 1 title after she conquered the tournament in Cluj 2022. (see list of titles and finals)

Live score progression and stats

Svitolina didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Anna Blinkova in the 1^st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Notwithstanding, that wasn’t sufficient for Elina to win the set because the Russian managed to break back in the 4^th (1-3) game. Elina maintained her focus to break the Russian in the 7^th (5-2) game before conquering the set (6-2).

The Russian was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 3-2 to 6-2.

The Ukrainian converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 1^st (0-0 30-40), the 3^rd (2-0 0-40), the 6^th (4-2 0-40) and the 9^th game (6-1 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, Blinkova converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had her opportunities in the 2^nd (0-1 40-A) and the 4^th game (0-3 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 58 points. Svitolina was the winner of the set after clinching 16 more points than Blinkova (37-21). Svitolina conceded 11 points on serve (17-11). On the losing side, Anna conceded 20 points on serve (10-20).

Svitolina was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Anna Blinkova in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Nevertheless, that wasn’t sufficient for Elina to win the set as Anna managed to break back in the 4^th (1-3) and in the 6^th (2-4) game. Svitolina kept her cool to break Anna in the 5^th (4-1) and in the 9^th (6-3) game.

The Ukrainian converted 42% of her break points (3/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 3^rd (2-0 30-40), the 4^th (3-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9^th game (5-3 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, the Russian converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had her opportunities in the 1^st (0-0 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 4^th (0-3 0-40) and the 5^th game (1-4 15-40).

They played 75 points. This was a hard-fought set and finally Svitolina won barely 1 point more than Anna (38-37). Elina dropped 25 points on serve (22-25). On the other side, the Russian conceded 16 points on serve (12-16).