Elina Svitolina failed for the fourth time in his career to reach the quarterfinals of the tournament WTA Premier 5.
For the quarterfinals of the Ukrainian competed with the second racket of the world, Angelique Kerber, which Svitolina won two of six face-to-face matches. The seventh meeting with the tennis star from Germany she was very close to victory, but was unable to do last step.
The Ukrainian started the match with a lost supply, but very soon it turned out that Kerber something. The German made a lot of mistakes, poorly served, and only occasionally reminded of its class. Svitolina problems opponents have used at 100%, winning six games in a row.
At the start of the second batch of the first racket of Ukraine made another break, but to build on their lead are unable. Double-Svitolina came out to serve for the match and both times not even close to getting to a match-Bolov. Kerber on the tiebreak evened the score, and in the deciding set at 4:4 took the feed Ukrainka is not without problems has finished a two-hour marathon.
To reach the third round of the tournament in Montreal Elina Svitolina earned nearly 28 thousand dollars in prize money and 105 points.
Elina Svitolina (Ukraine, 17) — Angelique Kerber (Germany, 2) — 6:1,6:7, 4:6
