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Ukrainian Svitolina defeats Russian opponent she refused to play

Ukrainian Svitolina defeats Russian opponent she refused to play

Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina, decked out in the yellow and blue of her country’s flag, put on a clinic against her Russian opponent at the Monterrey Open on Tuesday. She defeated Anastasia Potapova 6-2, 6-1 in the opening round of the tournament, a match that just a day ago she had refused to play Svitolina, the 15th ranked women’s tennis player in the world and the No. 1 seed at the Monterrey Open, had originally refused to play against Potapova due to Russia’s invasion of her… Source link

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