New mother Elina Svitolina hails 'special' French Open quarter-final spotEleanor Crooks, PA Tennis Correspondent, ParisNew mother Elina Svitolina continued her incredible grand slam return by defeating Daria Kasatkina to reach the quarter-finals of the French Open. “Definitely I wouldn’t dream about this when I was giving birth in October last year,” said Svitolina. “It’s unbelievable for me to be able to compete here and to get to the quarter-final is special. No one expects that I’m going to come into Roland Garros and make quarter-final at the beginning of the tournament. One Russian is through to the last eight, with Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova arguably even more of a surprise than Svitolina.

Source: Irish Independent June 05, 2023 03:07 UTC