The strongest tennis player from Ukraine, Elina Svitolina (9th in the world), who lost to her rival from Russia on her way to the quarterfinals of the competition in Doha, successfully started at the prestigious WTA 1000 tournament in Dubai (UAE) with a prize fund of 4 million 88 thousand dollars.
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In the second round match, the 31-year-old Odessa player defeated the former world number two, the 28-year-old Spaniard Paula Badosa, who was born in the USA. After the Ukrainian won the first set 6:4 (Elina was trailing -1:4 during the game), her opponent refused to fight. The score of the personal meetings of the rivals was 3:0 in favor of the Ukrainian. At the same time, Elina defeated the tennis player from Spain for the sixth time in a row.
Reaching the third round of the tournament brought Svitolina $49,250 in prize money and 120 rating points. Elina, who won 12 out of 14 matches in 2026, will challenge for a place in the quarterfinals of the competition in a duel with Swiss Belinda Bencic (13th), who won a technical victory over Czech Sara Beilek (41st) without a fight.
We should add that this is Elina Svitolina's 11th time playing in Dubai. The Ukrainian has won the title here twice – in 2017 and 2018, and she has also reached the semifinals twice – in 2016 and 2019.
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Unfortunately, another Ukrainian tennis player, Dayana Yastremska (42nd), has already stopped performing in Dubai, losing in the first round to Janice Tjen (46th) from Indonesia — 4:6, 1:6 and earning $18,300 before taxes.
Previously, “FACTS” reported that Elina Svitolina had won the tournament in Auckland since the beginning of the year and reached the semifinals of the Australian Open.
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