Tennis-Outplayed Svitolina joins top names tumbling at French Open


  • Tennis
  • Saturday, 05 Jun 2021

Tennis - French Open - Roland Garros, Paris, France - June 5, 2021 Ukraine's Elina Svitolina in action during her third round match against Czech Republic's Barbora Krejcíkova REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

PARIS (Reuters) - Fifth seed Elina Svitolina crashed out of the French Open with a third-round 6-3 6-2 loss to 33rd-ranked Czech Barbora Krejcikova on Saturday, as the big names in the women's draw continued to fall at the claycourt Grand Slam.

Roland Garros is already without its top three women's seeds, and Ukrainian Svitolina joined them after failing to find a way to rein in the 25-year-old Krejcikova's power-packed, attacking game in their first meeting.

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