“I think war made me stronger and also made me mentally stronger,” says Ukrainian wildcard Elina Svitolina after toppling world No.1 Iga Swiatek to reach the Wimbledon semifinals. Wimbledon
LONDON, England – There is a reason why Elina Svitolina has been an unstoppable force at Wimbledon this year.
So what exactly has changed for Svitolina, whose best showing had been two semifinals in 36 Grand Slam appearances before she went off on maternity break last year? “You practice for these moments, for these big moments. Like today I was walking through the path where you go to the Centre Court, you see so much history. I told myself, ‘Go out there, give your best, go for it’.
But the momentum suddenly swung Svitolina’s way as from 0-30 down on her serve in the ninth game, she went on to win 16 of the next 18 points to bag the first set and leave a shell-shocked Swiatek wondering what had gone wrong. Swiatek earned two more break points in the ninth game but once those went begging neither player could break the deadlock and they headed into the tiebreak.
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