The first racket of Ukraine Elina Svitolina reached the quarter-finals of a representative hard-court tournament WTA Premier with a prize Fund of $1,000,000.
In the second round of the Toray Pan Pacific Open” Svitolina had the chance to take revenge on Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova for the defeat in Sofia (2013) and Beijing (2015).
The first set was delayed for 61 minutes – Svitolina led 4:2, but made a reverse break. With the score 4:4 the Ukrainian played a double break-point. Pavlyuchenkova on the tie-break led 5:3 – she has made some mistakes and lost a starting party.
After the local success Svitolina switched to attacking tennis and quickly took a 2:0. Pavlyuchenkova stopped to appear in court, and in the fifth game managed to make three doubles in a row. Taking advantage of two break, Svitolina relaxed and lost the next two games. Fortunately, Ukrainian double-confidently defended his serve and went to meet the first seed in Tokyo Garbinie the Wind.
Elina Svitolina for the fourth time in the season reached the semi-finals in the tournament series WTA. The Ukrainian has already earned 100 ranking points and over 20 thousand dollars in prize money.
Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) – Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Russia, 8) – 7:6, 6:4
