On Monday, May 25, Ukraine's strongest tennis player Elina Svitolina (7th in the world), who won the prestigious tournament in Rome, successfully started on the courts of Paris as part of the Roland Garros Grand Slam tournament with a total prize fund of 61.7 million euros.
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In the first round match, the 31-year-old Odessa player defeated the first racket of Hungary, 28-year-old Anna Bondar (58th) in a super tie-break — 3:6, 6:1,7:6 (10:3), avenging her failure in April at the start of the “thousandth” in Madrid (3:6, 4:6). The score of the opponents' personal meetings was 3:2 in favor of the Ukrainian.
Reaching the 1/32 finals brought Elina 130 thousand euros in prize money and 50 rating points. The Ukrainian's next opponent will be 20-year-old Spaniard Caitlin Quevedo (126th), who defeated 30-year-old Frenchwoman Léolière Jeanmant (122nd) — 7:6 (5), 7:6 (2).
Recall that Elina Svitolina's best result at the French Open is reaching the quarterfinals in 2015, 2017, 2020, 2023, and 2025.
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Unfortunately, another Ukrainian tennis player, Dayana Yastremska (45th), lost in the first round of Roland Garros to strong Italian Jasmine Paolini (13th) — 5:7, 3:6, earning 86 thousand euros before taxes in Paris.
Previously, “FACTS” reported that Svitolina reached the semifinals of the 2026 Australian Open.
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