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Svitolina forced to sweat before progressing in Paris
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Elina Svitolina has survived a major scare to reach the second round of the French Open, having to come from behind to labour past unheralded Anna Bondar 3-6 6-1 7-6 (10-3).
A month after she was knocked out of the Madrid Open in straight sets by the Hungarian, Ukrainian seventh seed Svitolina could not find her range on the Suzanne Lenglen Court, falling apart in the opening set after cancelling out an early break.
Svitolina turns the tables on familiar foe
Elina Svitolina summoned one of her grittiest Grand Slam escapes to avoid a first-round exit at Roland-Garros against bogeywoman Anna Bondar on Monday.
The seventh seed appeared down for the count trailing 1-3 in the deciding set before reeling in the 58th-ranked Hungarian 3-6 6-1 7-6[10-3] after two hours and 26 minutes on Court Suzanne-Lenglen.
Bondar had stopped the Ukrainian in Madrid leading in – the last player to beat her before her Rome title triumph – and in the opening round of last year’s US Open following opening-round defeats at Roland-Garros and Wimbledon last year.
Shaking the letdown of being broken to love while serving for the match at 5-4, Svitolina – a five-time quarterfinalist in Paris – regrouped to dominate the match tiebreak for a second-round meeting with qualifier Katie Quevedo or wildcard Leolia Jeanjean.
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