Roland Garros: Jasmine Paolini wastes three match points and is eliminated

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Bitter Sunday for Jasmine Paolini, who was eliminated in the round of 16 at Roland Garros by Elina Svitolina (scores 6-4, 6-7, 1-6). The Italian tennis player, who made it to the final in Paris last year, wasted three match points in the second set and was remounted by her Ukrainian opponent, who will face the winner of the match between Rybakina and Swiatek in the quarterfinals. For Jasmine it was a bad day especially on serve and great regret for the missed opportunities in the second set.

First set in seesaw: the Azzurra starts better and with two breaks immediately rises to 3-0, then reacts the Ukrainian who recovers the disadvantage and brings the challenge back to 4-4. In the final game of the partial, the Tuscan again raised her level and again expelled her opponent&#8217s serve in the tenth game.

The second set is also full of emotions and balanced: Paolini gets the break in the fourth game, Svitolina finds the counterbreak in the seventh. Then again break and counterbreak at the eighth and ninth games. The challenge goes to tie-break and the Ukrainian wins it 8-6, canceling three match points and taking the match to the third set.

Svitolina galvanized after saving herself three times from defeat reverses the situation in the third set, sending the Azzurra into crisis as she loses certainty and continues to suffer on serve. The Ukrainian breakka three more times the Tuscan, who raises the white flag and loses the match.

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