Charleston Open Tennis Tournament: Svitolina lost the first match on return after becoming a mother

Charleston. Two-time Grand Slam semi-finalist Elina Svitolina hasn’t had an easy return to the court after becoming a mother, suffering a three-set first round first-round defeat at the Charleston Open. Svitolina, a former world No. 3 but currently ranked No. 1081, lost 6-7 (3), 6-2, 6-4 to Yulia Putintseva in a match that lasted two hours and 46 minutes. Svitolina said, “It was not easy for me physically. I feel I haven’t done my best but I am getting closer to it.

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Svitolina and her husband tennis player Gael Monfils became parents to a daughter in October last year. In other matches of the day, 2017 US Open champion Saloni Stephens beat qualifier Louisa Chirico 3-6, 6-1, 6-2, and 17-year-old Linda Fruhvirtova beat Jill Teichmann 6-2, 3-6, 6-2. , Anna Kalinskaya defeated Annahelina Kalinina 7–6(6), 6–4, and qualifier Catherine Sebov defeated Lauren Davis 4–6, 6–1, 6–2.