The strongest tennis player of Ukrainian Elina Svitolina in a major tournament WTA Premier dealt with the leader of the WTA rankings, Angelique Kerber.
Willy straws Svitolina in Beijing across only tennis player from Germany, Elina kept improving consistently beating Tatiana, Maria and Sabine Lisicki. In the third round of the China Open waiting for the main star of the season – the first racket of the world and the double champion of tournaments of the Grand slam, Angelique Kerber.
German first made the break, but immediately lost her serve. In the eighth game to Svitolina, pre-double-confidently after the game on his serve, made a break, and then played from 0:40, filed for Seth.
Kerber instantly stepped up and led 3:0. It seemed that a decisive set is already inevitable, but eminent rival Svitolina suddenly lost his game and began to regularly send the ball outside the court. Svitolina took advantage of the crisis Kerber and equalized, and the key to the match was the 11th game – Kerber lost her serve and more on an exit in a quarterfinal is not claimed.
Elina Svitolina for the first time in the WTA tour, beat the current first racket of the world. For Ukrainka’s win over Kerber was the fourth success of the season in matches against players from the top 10. In the quarterfinals Svitolina awaits former Russian Daria Gavrilova, acting under the flag of Australia.
Angelique Kerber (Germany, 1) – Elina Svitolina (Ukraine, 16) – 3:6, 5:7
