Elina Svitolina grounds Zeynep Sonmez 6-1 6-1 in the 1st round in Paris on Sunday after playing a great match to square off with Anna Bondar in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 12 minutes. Her most significant achievement in this competition was reaching the quarter in 2015, 2017, 2020 and 2023. Here you can see her history at this event.
Elina added to her prize money € 39,000 after winning this match. She has already won € 117,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Ukrainian will add € 51,000 to her earnings to get in total € 168,000 in total.
Highlights Elina Svitolina vs. Zeynep Sonmez French Open – Paris
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Elina scored 69 points vs. Zeynep’s 50.
Svitolina
The Ukrainian won this match even if she had a tough time converting her break points since she converted only 46% (6/13) of the procured opportunities.
Sonmez
On the other side, Sonmez was far from perfect in converting her break points (only 13% – 1/8). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this match, the head to head between Svitolina and Sonmez is 1-0 for Elina.
Draw and next match H2H: Elina Svitolina vs. Anna Bondar – stats
Svitolina will come up against Bondar in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Elina Svitolina and Anna Bondar since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Svitolina started the set in the best possible way after breaking Zeynep Sonmez in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Anyhow, that wasn’t sufficient for Svitolina to win the set because the Turk managed to break back in the 5th (1-4) game. Elina maintained her cool to break Sonmez in the 6th (5-1) game before conquering the set (6-1).
There was a pivotal moment in this set when the Ukrainian won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to bring the game count from 0-0 to 4-0.
Svitolina converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40 and 15-40), the 4th (3-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (4-1 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, Zeynep converted 20% of her break points (1/5). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (0-2 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 5th game (0-4 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 53 points. The Ukrainian won 11 points more than Sonmez (32-21). Elina dropped 15 points on serve (19-15). On the other side, Zeynep conceded 13 points on serve (6-13).
Svitolina conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Zeynep Sonmez in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. The Ukrainian extended her lead after breaking Zeynep in the 3rd (3-0) and in the 7th (6-1) game before conquering the set.
There was an important spell in this set when Elina won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to convert the score from 0-0 to 4-0.
Elina converted 37% of her break points (3/8). She had 8 break points opportunities in the 0th (1-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 3rd (2-0 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (5-1 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Zeynep was unable to convert any of her 3 break points. She had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th (0-3 30-40) and the 6th game (1-4 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 66 points. The Ukrainian conquered the set after winning 8 points more than Sonmez (37-29). Svitolina surrendered 11 points on serve (17-11). on the other side of the court, the Turk conceded 20 points on serve (18-20).
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