Elina Svitolina had to withdraw from the Australian Open in the 1/8 finals, the athlete from Ukraine scored only three games in the match with Linda Noskova. With severe pain in her back, Elina left the Rod Laver Arena in tears.

Elina SvitolinaPhoto: Martin KEEP / AFP / Profimedia

Ranked 23rd in the WTA rankings and seeded 19th, Svitolina played only three games against Noskova.

After 23 minutes, Elina had to leave with tears in her eyes.

At the press conference, 29-year-old Svitolina spoke in more detail about the back injury that forced her to withdraw from the Australian Open-2024.

“It was a pain, as if someone had hit me. I couldn’t do anything, I felt like my back was completely locked. It is, of course, very sad, but such is life.

I have never felt pain as bad as this. I’ve had a few back problems over time, but none like this, it feels like someone shot me in the back” – Elina Svitolina.

Know:

  • Svitolina’s highest ranking was number 3 in the world ranking (September 11, 2017), and during that time her best results at Grand Slam tournaments were the semifinals of Wimbledon (2019, 2023) and the US Open (2019).
  • In Melbourne, Elina reached the quarterfinals twice: in 2018 and 2019.

The moment when Elina Svitolina is forced to withdraw from the Australian Open-2024

In the quarterfinals in Melbourne, Noskova will meet the amazing Dayana Yastremska. The athlete from Ukraine knocked out Victoria Azarenka, the two-time champion of the Australian Open in 2012 and 2013, in the round of 16.