2023 Wimbledon: Elina Svitolina overcomes Victoria Azarenka to reach quarters
Elina Svitolina overcame veteran women's singles tennis player Victoria Azarenka in a dramatic three-set duel at the 2023 Wimbledon. 19th seed Azarenka took the first set 6-2 before Svitolina fought back to clinch the second 6-4. Both players held their nerves in a tense third set as it went to a tiebreak. Svitolina then dug deep to win the tiebreak 7-6 (11-9).
Here are the match stats
Svitolina doled out eight aces compared to Azarenka's four. Azarenka also committed an unwanted eight double faults to Svitolina's none. Svitolina claimed a 73% win on the first serve and a 38% win on the second. She converted 3/9 break points.
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As per Opta, since 2015, the year Svitolina reached her first Grand Slam quarters, the Ukrainian is one of the four players to appear in 10+ quarter-finals in such events along with Serena Williams (16), Simona Halep (13), and Karolina Pliskova (11).
Maiden win for Svitolina against Azarenka and other stats
Svitolina now has a 16-8 win-loss record on the WTA Tour in 2023. At Grand Slams, Svitolina's win-loss tally is 83-37, including 15-8 at Wimbledon. Svitolina has now claimed her maiden win over Azarenka in what was the pair's sixth meeting. Azarenka led her 5-0 before this. Meanwhile, Azarenka now owns a 17-13 win-loss record in 2023.
