Elina Svitolina eliminates Jasmine Paolini at the French Open to reach quarterfinals
Paris – Elina Svitolina saved three match points and eliminated 2024 runner-up Jasmine Paolini on Sunday, 4-6, 7-6 (6), 6-1, 6-1, to win her fifth French Open quarterfinals.
Svitolina, the 13th seed from Ukraine, was a three-time Grand Slam semi-final – two distances between Wimbledon and Wimbledon, but 0-4 in the quarterfinals of Roland-Garros.
She will try to take a step on Tuesday when she faces three-time defending champion Iga Swiatek or 2022 Wimbledon champion Elina Rybakina. They plan to play against each other in Philippe-Chhatrier court.
No. 4 seed Paolini entered his career-best nine-game winning streak on Sunday, including winning the Red Clay title at the Italian Open.
She reached her first major final at the French Open, losing to Swiatek, and then also competed in the Wimbledon championship match, where she lost to Barbora Krejcikova.
Against Svitolina, Paolini won with a game while winning, with a 5-3 second time. But the Italians were broken there at the age of 15. She then led her first two match points 5-4, 15-40 during her tenure at Svitolina.
Paolini missed the initial opportunity to end things for the forehand and played the backhand for the next game.
In the subsequent decisive game, Paolini was once again the single point to win – this time Svitolina ended her 14-stroke exchange with the scorer champion.
From there, Svitolina was in control and led 4-0 in the third set. She was comfortable on Clay, with 16 of her 27 wins this season.
Svitolina also beat Paolini at the Australian Open in January.
What else happened to the French Open on Sunday?
In the first men’s match of the day, Tommy Paul defeated 6-3, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3, from Andre Agassi in 2003, from Andre Agassi in 2003, from Roland-Garros No. 25.
Who plays on Roland-Garros Monday?
The fourth round is scheduled to end on Day 9 with Jannik Sinner, 24-time Major Champion Novak Djokovic and four American women in action: No. 2 Coco Gauff, No. 3 Jessica Pegula and No. 7 Madison Keys vs. Hailey Baptiste.
