Rome May 18 (IANS) Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina on Friday continued her reign over Angelique Kerber as she defeated the German 6-4 6-4 to book a place in the semi-finals of the Italian Open a WTA clay court event held in Rome.
Svitolina world No. 4 needed one hour and 26 minutes to earn her sixth consecutive win over former world No. 1 Kerber reports Efe.
To do so the Italian Open s defending champion had to rally from 4-2 down in the first set winning four games in a row.
This victory was Svitolina s eighth in hers and Kerber s head-to-head 13 career matches.
For a place in the final Svitolina is set to take on either Danish Caroline Wozniacki world No. 2 or Estonian Anett Kontaveit who stunned the United States Venus Williams on Thursday.

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