- Ukraine winner shares thumbs up with Russian after match
- ‘I wouldn’t dream about this when I was giving birth’
As Elina Svitolina stepped up to the baseline to contest her second match point 20 minutes after squandering her first, she sprinted on the spot, she furiously swung forehands and backhands in the air and did everything to show that she was ready. Nearly two hours into her fourth-round battle with Daria Kasatkina, seemingly every exchange had been long, intense and physical, but Svitolina knows that few players can match her physicality.
Moments later Svitolina extended her brilliant comeback as she outlasted Kasatkina, the ninth seed, 6-4, 7-5 in two exhausting sets to reach the quarter-finals of her first grand slam tournament since becoming a mother.