Recharged Elina Svitolina reaches title match in France


  • Tennis
  • Saturday, 27 May 2023

FILE PHOTO: Tennis - Italian Open - Foro Italico, Rome, Italy - May 10, 2023 Ukraine's Elina Svitolina in action during her round of 128 match against Ukraine's Lesia Tsurenko REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane

Elina Svitolina will be looking for her first title since returning from maternity leave after rallying for a 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 victory over France's Clara Burel in Friday's semifinal at the Internationaux de Strasbourg in France.

Svitolina was trailing 4-1 in the second set before recovering to get back into the match and prevailing in two hours, 20 minutes. The Ukrainian saved 10 of 16 break points to set up Saturday's title match against Anna Blinkova of Russia.

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