Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina started the WTA 1000 tournament in Doha with a victory, defeating Czech Republic’s Marketa Vondroušová 2-1 in the first round.
It was Svitolina’s sixth meeting with Vondrousova, and after this victory, the score in their confrontations became equal – 3:3.
In the second round, the third seed in Doha, Jessica Pegula, will be the opponent of the Ukrainian expert racket in the second round.