Tennis player Elina Svitolina won her first victory at the Olympics – defeated Japanese player Moyuka Uchijima

Tennis player Elina Svitolina won her first victory at the Olympics - defeated Japanese player Moyuka Uchijima

Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina (WTA #31) confidently defeated Japanese player Moyuka Uchijima (WTA #66) in two sets. The score was 6:2 and 6:1.

The match lasted 1 hour and 2 minutes. The game did not start in Elina’s favor – the first break point at 1:1 was for the Japanese. However, Svitolina quickly managed to take control of the match and win.

In the next round, Svitolina will play against the winner of the Jessica Pegula (USA) – Victoria Goluba (Switzerland) pair.

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