BEIJING (AFP) – Elina Svitolina crashed out of the Tianjin Open in the first round Monday, continuing a poor run for the Ukrainian who dropped out of the world top 20 this week.Svitolina, who reached a career ranking high of 15 after making it to the semi-finals in Cincinnati in August, lost to 115-ranked Elena Vesnina of Russia 6-2, 6-4.At last weeks China Open in Beijing, Svitolina fell in the second round to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.Chinas top player and home-crowd favourite Zheng Saisai, seeded eighth in the tournament, also lost in two sets to unseeded Russian Evgeniya Rodina 7-5, 6-3.Meanwile, fifth …read more
Source: Dunya TV
