The Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina will face the Russian Anna Blinkova in the final of the WTA 250 Internationaux De Strasbourg. Both players will face in a clash for the title of the clay tennis tournament just a day before the start of the Grand Slam’s French Open / Roland Garros.
Elina Svitolina reached the final after a hard victory over Clara Burel (France) in the semi-finals by 2-1 (4:6, 7:5, 6:3) in 2:23 hours of play. The Ukrainian player lost the first set dramatically after returning to it in the 9th game with a break, when her opponent was serving for the win in the set, but gave 3 break points to Clara Burel in the next game, which were enough for her to close the set. The second set also passed through turnovers, as the French player took a lead of 3:1, but after exchanage of break at the end Elina Svitolina closed it by 7:5, which gave her impetus in the next set and thus won the match.
Elina Svitolina returned on the court last month after long time being away due to maternity.
The second finalist at the WTA 250 Internationaux De Strasbourg is Anna Blinkova, who defeated the 7th-seeded Lauren Davis (USA) in the semi-finals by 2-0 (6:2, 6:2) and will pursue her second WTA 250 title after winning WTA 250 Transylvania Open in 2022. She has also one WTA 125 title at the Oracle Challenger Series in New Haven, CT in 2019.
