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Svitolina continues fine run of form to cruise into the last 32 of the French Open

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Published 3 weeks ago

Elina Svitolina put in a more assured display in the French Open second round than in her opening match, seeing off Spanish qualifier Kaitlin Quevedo in straight sets on Wednesday.

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/monfils-elina/jyngIesG/"]Svitolina[/a], who beat [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/swiatek-iga/jNyZsXZe/"]Iga Swiatek[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gauff-coco/f5BXmEH6/"]Coco Gauff[/a] en route to the Italian Open title earlier this month, defeated world number 126 [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/quevedo-kaitlin/Ovyv04To/"]Kaitlin Quevedo[/a] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/quevedo-k-Ovyv04To/svitolina-e-jyngIesG/?mid=6DjGkOWi"]6-0, 6-4[/a].[/p][p][b]"It was a great match, I started very well in the first set," [/b]she said.[/p][embed guid="1bb84a64-38b4-4f3d-95db-0a12c41c071c" url="https://x.com/rolandgarros/status/2059632761372074184" social-type="twitter" /][p]She struggled through her first-round tie, edging out Hungary's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bondar-anna/O8s9yjMD/"]Anna Bondar[/a] in a deciding-set tie-break on Monday, before watching her husband [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/monfils-gael/fm7G8o0m/"]Gael Monfils[/a]' final French Open match in the night session.[/p][p]But Svitolina raced out of the blocks this time, quickly taking control against Quevedo.[/p][p]The Spaniard competed better in the second set until a break in the ninth game helped Svitolina wrap up victory.[/p][p]Svitolina, who reached her fourth career Slam semi-final earlier this year at the Australian Open, will next play Germany's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/korpatsch-tamara/KhTa5tH1/"]Tamara Korpatsch[/a], who made a major third round for the first time at the age of 31 by beating Chinese 32nd seed [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/wang-xinyu-2001/8jMJmh84/"]Wang Xinyu[/a].[/p][p][b]The Ukrainian seventh seed ended an eight-year wait for her fifth WTA 1000 trophy in Rome to underline her credentials as a contender in Paris.[/b][/p]

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