Swiss "lucky" eliminates Ukrainian beauty Svitolina in Dubai tennis in an amazing way (video)

Swiss Gilles Teichmann beats Ukrainian Elina Svitolina.

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The "lucky loser" Swiss 35-year-old Gil Tchaiman ended the dream of 15th-ranked Ukrainian Elina Svitolina, who won the Dubai Duty Free Women's Tennis Championships in 2017 and 2018, to add the third title, after Tchiman's deserved victory in two sets without a response (7 -6, 6-2, today, Wednesday, in the 16th round of the tournament, which is currently being held in its 22nd edition at the Dubai Duty Free stadiums in the Garhoud area, and extends until February 19.

Tikhman continued her series of surprises, after she bid farewell to the tournament last Sunday from the qualifying roles, before the "lucky loser" card returned her to the corridors of the tournament, which is usually given to the player with the best performance who did not succeed in reserving her seat and qualifying for the main roles, especially since the card opened the door Tchiman joined the list of 32 players competing for the title, instead of the American Daniel Collins, ranked 11th in the world, who withdrew hours before the start of the tournament, in an opportunity that the Swiss did not hesitate to take advantage of by eliminating her in the first round of the Belgian Elise Mertenez, ranked 22 in the world, by two sets without a response (6 -2 and 6-4), and hit a date in the 16th round with Ukrainian Elina Svitolina in a match that represented the crossing gate for Tichman.

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And it took Tikhman an hour 44 minutes to eliminate Svitolina, after the first set was narrowly decided by the Swiss star in the break-break game by (7-6) in a time of 57 minutes, and in a second set Tikhman succeeded in breaking her opponent's serve on two occasions and winning her result (6-2) in 47 Accurate.

Teichmann expressed her happiness to continue her journey in the championship, and the Swiss said: "I am looking forward to continuing to provide a strong performance and moving forward to the final rounds."

She added, "The match was not easy against Svitolina, especially in the first set, but I managed to maintain focus and the ability to deal with deep long balls, to succeed in breaking the serve on two occasions and winning."

The tournament continued its series of surprises, after the success of the Latvian, Elena Ostapenko, ranked 21 in the world, in qualifying for the quarter-finals at the expense of the Polish 9th ranked Iga Švientek, after she beat her in an exciting match that lasted two hours and 32 minutes in two groups against one group by "6-4 and 1 - 6 and 6-7".

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