French Tennis Update: Varvara Gracheva Falls in Second Round of Australian Open, Elina Svitolina Advances

French Tennis Update: Varvara Gracheva Falls in Second Round of Australian Open, Elina Svitolina Advances

The last Frenchwoman in contention this Thursday in the second round of the Australian Open, Varvara Gracheva failed to win against Dayana Yastremska. Elina Svitolina qualified. There will therefore be three French women in the third round of the Australian Open: Diane Parry, Clara Burel and Océane Dodin. The fourth chance tricolor, Varvara Gracheva, did … Read more

Elina Svitolina Falls Short in Wimbledon Semifinals, Misses First Grand Slam Final

The 28-year-old from Odessa stopped one step away from the first Grand Slam final in her career. Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina, who enchantingly returned to big-time sports after the birth of a child, could not reach the Wimbledon final. In the semifinal meeting, the Odessa woman lost in two sets to the representative of … Read more

Ukrainian Tennis Player Elina Svitolina Refuses to Change Position Despite Fan Backlash

The Ukrainian tennis player said that she would not change her position to please the fans. Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina responded to the provocation of the second racket of the world Belarusian Arina Sobolenko, who, after the 1/4 final match of the French Open (Roland Garros), defiantly waited for a handshake with an Odessa … Read more

Tension at Roland Garros as Svitolina Refuses to Shake Hands with Belarusian Opponent Sabalenka

The quarter-final meeting of the women’s squad at Roland Garros, between the Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka and the Ukrainian Elina Svitolina, ended with some tension in the net. Svitolina, like other Ukrainian tennis players, refuses to shake hands with Russian and Belarusian opponents due to the war in Ukraine. The 28-year-old athlete made that clear again … Read more

Tennis player Svitolina praises rival Kasatkina for anti-war stance during French Open match

Svitolina stressed that few Russian athletes have publicly spoken out against the war in Ukraine. Ukrainian Elina Svitolina, who returned to the court after a rather long break, after the victorious match of the 1/8 finals of the French Open tennis championship, praised her rival Daria Kasatkina (RF) for her anti-war position, reports Dialogue.UA with … Read more

Elina Svitolina and Daria Kasatkina Refuse to Shake Hands at French Open 1/8 Finals

Elina Svitolina traditionally refused to shake hands with the representative of Russia. Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina and Russian Daria Kasatkina did not shake hands after the 1/8 final match of the French Open (Roland Garros), in which our athlete was stronger in two sets. Instead, the representative of the Russian Federation addressed the Ukrainian … Read more