Rome May 17 (IANS) Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina world no.4 on Thursday made a strong comeback against Russia s Daria Kasatkina and advanced to the quarterfinals of the Italian Open.
The defending champion took one hour and 36 minutes to overcome a tough loss in the first set and defeat Kasatkina world No. 13 with a score of 0-6 6-3 6-2 reports Efe.
In the quarterfinals Svitolina is to face the winner of the match between Greece s Maria Sakkari and Germany s Angelique Kerber.

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