Tennis
Svitolina’s opponent in the 2nd round of Wimbledon: best man, former 12th racket
Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina (WTA 76) recognized his opponent in the 2nd round of Wimbledon 2023.
Ukrainian will face in 1/32 final of grass major Elise Mertens (WTA 28) from Belgium. At the beginning of the match, the Belgian defeated Victoria Grunchakova (WTA 129) in two sets in 1 hour 35 minutes.
Wimbledon 2023. 1/64 final
Elise Mertens (Belgium) [28] – Victoria Grunchakova (Slovakia) [Q] – 7:6 (7:2), 6:2
Svitolina and Mertens played each other 5 times. 3:2 points in favor of Elina.
Mertens is the old world number 12 in singles and the former number 1 in doubles. He has 3 Grand Slam doubles titles (AO 2021, Wimbledon 2021 and US Open 2019) and 7 WTA singles titles.
At the start of Wimbledon, Svitolina defeated Venus Williams.
Source: Sport UA
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