The world-fifth-ranked, Elina Svitolina, was made to play hard in her Wimbledon opener on Wednesday as she sealed a 6-2, 2-6, 6-3 victory over Belgian, Alison Van Uytanck. The pair traded breaks at the start of their second career meeting before Svitolina gained the upper hand following a tough clash to set herself in a winning position by 4-2, and the third seed held off a late fightback to claim the first set.<\/p>\n
Alison Van Uytanck mixed up her shots along with rifled drives and delicate drops as she took every chance to approach the net to break Svitolina for a 3-1 lead in the second set before levelling the contest at one set apiece. Both Svitolina and Uytanck wobbled on serve before 2019 semi-finalist Svitolina rediscovered her rhythm in the decider on Court One to close out the victory.<\/p>\n
In the second round, the 26-year-old faces Poland\u2019s Magda Linette who rallied from a setdown to defeat American teenager Amanda Anisimova by 2-6, 6-3, 6-1. Van Uytanck\u2019s ranking climbed as high as number 47 in 2020 and she remains one of the Tour\u2019s dangerous women. Svitolina went from a first-serve percentage of 81% to one of 50% rattled by Belgian Alison Van Uytanck\u2019s refusal to concede an inch. Svitolina stayed strong and celebrated by blowing kisses at the crowd.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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