Elina could not cope with the 55th racket of the world.
The first racket of Ukraine Elina Svitolina (No. 18 WTA) was unable to overcome the second round of the WTA 1000 tournament in Madrid.
The 29-year-old native of Odessa received the 16th seed at these competitions and started straight from the second round, where she sensationally lost Spaniard Sara Sorribes Tormo (No. 55 WTA).
The match lasted 2 hours 13 minutes and ended in the defeat of the Ukrainian tennis player with a score of 3:6, 5:7.
Note that in the second In the set, the Ukrainian led 4:1, but the Spaniard was able to come back and win the match.
During her time on the court, Svitolina completed 2 serves straight, made one double fault and converted 4 out of 9 break points.
Earlier, Ukrainian Lesya Tsurenko dropped out of the tournament in Madrid, losing in the first round to the 170th world racket of the Philippines, Alexandra Eale (6:2, 4:6, 4:6).
In these competitions, Ukraine continues to be represented by Marta Kostyuk, Angelina Kalinina and Dayana Yastremskaya, who should start from the second round.