the ukrainian Elina Svitolina returns to compete this Monday at the WTA 500 in Charleston less than six months after giving birth to her first daughter and fell after a battle of two hours and 46 minutes against the Kazakh Yulia Putintseva by 6-7 (3), 6-2 and 6-4.
Svitolina, who became number three in the world and is now in position number 1,081, He has not competed since the 2022 Miami tournament and had her daughter with French tennis player Gael Monfils in October.
the ukrainian He came back to compete at a great level and won the first set 7-3 in the tiebreakerbefore being traced by Putintseva, number 47 in the world.
It was the second victory for the Kazakh in eight previous matches with Svitolina.
The Charleston tournament will be held until next Sunday with Jessica Pegula the early favorite and Paula Badosa as the Spanish participant with the best ranking (n.33).
Badosa will make his debut this Tuesday against the Egyptian Mayor Sherif.
Source: La Verdad
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