Sports News | Monterrey Open: Ukrainian Tennis Star Elina Svitolina Seals Quarter-final Seat

Monterrey [Mexico], March 4 (ANI): Ukrainian top tennis star Elina Svitolina remains unbeaten again in Monterrey Open and edges past Bulgarian tennis star Viktoriya Tomova with a big margin of 7-6(3), 3-6, 6-2 to seal her seat in the quarterfinals.

After the win, joyous Svitolina stated as per WTA official site, "It was an extremely tough match today, I think Viktoriya played a really good match, and I had to really fight back in the third set to bring back my best game and try to come back in the match. In the end, I managed to win six games in a row, so it's a good effort for me."

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"It was an extremely tough first set, the second set didn't go my way, and then the third set I was 0-2 down. I was not playing my best, but I was fighting, until the very end.

"And you know, the Ukrainian flag [in the crowd] really helped me today to fight...I was really fighting until the end, and I found my game in the end," Elina Svitolina added.

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Currently, for world number 15 Svitolina, it was her second Abierto GNP Seguros appearance. In 2020, she claimed the Monterrey Open title, defeating Marie Bouzkova with a perfect 7-0 at the Abierto GNP Seguros.

In the quarter-final clash, Elina Svitolina will face Camila Osorio of Colombia on Saturday. (ANI)

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