Elina Svitolina emotionlessly beat Victoria Golubich and reached the 1/8 finals of the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam of 2024.

Elina Svitolina completes the 1/8 finals of the Australian Open-2024

Svitolina, who is ranked 23rd in the WTA rankings, needed just 67 minutes to overcome the athlete from Switzerland (85 WTA) 6-2, 6-3.

As such, Elina is closing in on her career best in Melbourne: a quarter in 2018 and 2019.

In the next round, the player from Ukraine (19th seed) will face Linda Noskova (50 WTA), after the young Czech produced the surprise of the day by eliminating the main favorite Igu Sviatek.

Know:

• Aryna Sabalenko (2), Coco Gauff (4) and Barbora Krejcikova (9) are the only players from the WTA top 10 who reached the round of 16.

• Players such as Magdalena Frech (69 WTA), Anna Kalinska (75 WTA), Dayana Yastremska (93 WTA), Okean Dodin (95 WTA), Maria Timofeeva (170 WTA) or Amanda Anisimova (442 WTA, semi-finalist) qualified eighth at Roland Garros 2019).

Australian Open 2024 – Women’s Draw – Results for Saturday 20 January

Anna Kalinska – Sloan Stevens (8) 6-7, 6-1, 6-4

Diana Yastremska – Emma Navarro (27) 6-2, 2-6, 6-1

Qinwen Zheng (12) – Yafan Wang 6-4, 2-6, 7-6(8)

Ocean Dodin – Clara Burel 6-2, 6-4

Jasmine Paolini (26) – Anna Blinkova 7-6(1), 6-4

Victoria Azarenka (18) – Yelena Ostapenko (11) 6-1, 7-5

Linda Noskova – Iga Svyatek (1) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4

Elina Svitolina (19) – Victoria Golubich 6-2, 6-3.

Australian Open 2024 – Women’s Draw – Final Optimums

Linda Noskova – Elina Svitolina (19)

Victoria Azarenko (18) – Dayana Yastremska

Jasmin Paolini (26) – Anna Kalinska

Qinwen Zheng (12) – Doding Oceans

Marta Kostyuk – Maria Timofeeva

Magdalena Frech – Coco Gauf (4)

Mirra Andreeva – Barbora Krejchikova (9)

Amanda Anisimova – Aryna Sabalenko (2).

Australian Open 2024 will be held from January 14 to 28. The reigning champions are Novak Djokovic and Aryna Sabalenko.

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