Elina Svitolina shocks Kasatkina at the 4th round to play vs Sabalenka. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW – FRENCH OPEN RESULTS

Elina Svitolina surprises Daria Kasatkina 6-4 7-6(5) in the 4^th round in Paris on Sunday. Svitolina will engage against Aryna Sabalenka in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 56 minutes. This run will match her most significant achievement in this tournament. Here you can see her history at this event.

Paris

Svitolina's Record

Svitolina added to her prize money € 160,000 after conquering this match. She has already won € 400,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Svitolina will add € 230,000 to her earnings to get in total € 630,000 in total.

Highlights Elina Svitolina vs. Daria Kasatkina French Open – Paris

Svitolina’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Svitolina

Kasatkina

6-4 7-6⁵
1h:56

80

80

Total points

76

76

27

27

Winners

27

27

34%

34%

Ratio Winners

36%

36%

42

42

Unforced

46

46

48%

48%

Ratio Unforced

52%

52%

6/9

6/9

Net Approaches

4/4

4/4

67%

67%

Perc

100%

100%

-- Serve --

3

3

Aces

0

0

1

1

Double Faults

4

4

52%

52%

1st in

75%

75%

61%

61%

1st won

50%

50%

27/44

27/44

1st won

27/54

27/54

40%

40%

2nd won

44%

44%

16/40

16/40

2nd won

8/18

8/18

-- Break Points --

6/12

6/12

Total

5/9

5/9

50%

50%

Won

56%

56%

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At the end of the match, the Ukrainian scored 80 points vs. Kasatkina’s 76.

Svitolina

Elina didn’t lose the focus when converting 50% of the break points that she procured (6/12).

Kasatkina

On the other side, Kasatkina was effective at converting 56% of the break points that she procured points (5/9). Yet, that was not enough to win the encounter.

After this contest, the head to head between Svitolina and Kasatkina is 7-0 for Elina.

Draw and next match H2H: Elina Svitolina vs. Aryna Sabalenka – stats

Svitolina will play Sabalenka in the quarter.

This will be the 3^rd time that Elina Svitolina and Aryna Sabalenka face off. The head to head is 1-1 for Svitolina and Sabalenka (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they locked horns, Svitolina won 6-2 4-6 6-4 in the semifinal in Strasbourg back in 2020.

Live score progression and stats

Elina won the set after she broke Darya in the 3^rd (2-1) and in the 5^th (4-1) game. The Russian tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6^th (4-2) game. Anyhow, the Ukrainian maintained the focus to conquer the set 6-4.

It is worth noting that a pivotal stage of the set was when Svitolina won 4 consecutive games in the 1^st set to change the scoreline from 0-1 to 4-1.

Svitolina converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 3^rd (1-1 0-40 and 15-40) and the 5^th game (3-1 0-40 and 15-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Darya converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 3^rd (1-2 30-40) and the 5^th game (1-4 30-40).

They played 62 points. The Ukrainian won 4 points more than Kasatkina (33-29). Svitolina dropped 15 points on serve (21-15). On the other side, Kasatkina conceded 12 points on serve (14-12).

Svitolina started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Daria Kasatkina in the 2^nd game (2-0). Anyhow, Svitolina refused to bow to come back to break Kasatkina 4 times in the 3^rd (1-2), in the 5^th (3-2), in the 7^th (4-3) and in the 11^th (6-5) game before winning the set at the tiebreak at 5.

The Ukrainian failed to serve out the set when leading 6-5 to be broken at 15.

Tiebreak

Elina won 3 minibreaks in the 1^st (1-0), 4^th (3-1) and 12^th (7-5) point. On the other side, the Russian won 2 minibreaks in the 3^rd (1-2) and 6^th (3-3) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 4-3, 4-4, 4-5, 5-5, 6-5, 7-5

The Ukrainian converted 50% of her break points (4/8). She had 8 break points opportunities in the 3^rd (1-2 40-A), the 5^th (2-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 7^th (3-3 15-40) and the 11^th game (5-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). Elina saved 1 set point when she was trailing 4-5. Furthermore, on the other side, Kasatkina converted 57% of her break points (4/7). She had her opportunities in the 2^nd (2-1 30-40 and 40-A), the 6^th (2-3 0-40 and 15-40), the 10^th (4-5 30-40 and 40-A) and the 12^th game (5-6 15-40).

They contested 94 points. This set was so close that, The Ukrainian won this set even if she scored the same amount of points as her opponent. Svitolina surrendered 26 points on serve (23-26). In addition, on the other side, Kasatkina conceded 24 points on serve (21-24).

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• Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Daria KasatkinaKasatkina (6-4 7-6⁵) – Stats and score progression
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