Svitolina gets by Martic in the 4th round of Wimbledon

Elina Svitolina bests Petra Martic 6-4 6-2 in the 4^th round in London on Monday. Svitolina is going to play the quarters against Muchova.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

The Ukrainian won the set after she broke Petra in the 5^th (3-2) and in the 9^th (5-4) game. Martic tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6^th (3-3) game. Yet, Svitolina managed to stay calm and finish the job before winning the set 6-4.

2^nd set.

Svitolina started the set in the best possible way after breaking Martic in the 1^st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. The Ukrainian reinforced her lead after breaking Martic in the 3^rd (3-0) game before conquering the set (6-2).

A crucial moment of the match was when Svitolina won 4 consecutive games in the 2^nd set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0

At the end of the match, Elina scored 91 points vs. Petra’s 73 points.

Svitolina served very well to win 83% of the points (38/46) behind her first serve. Yet she won only 32% points (9/28) on her second serve. Elina won this match even if she wasn’t that great in converting her break points as she converted only 36% (4/11). On the other side, the Croatian was far from perfect in converting her break points because she converted only 20% of her break points (1/5). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this encounter, the head to head between Svitolina and Martic is 4-1 for Elina.

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Next Match: Elina Svitolina vs. Karolina Muchova – H2H and stats

Svitolina will square off with Muchova in the quarter.

This will be the 2^nd time that Elina Svitolina and Karolina Muchova square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Svitolina (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on grass.

The last time that they fought against each other, Svitolina won 6-4 6-2 in the quarter in Doha back in February 2019.