Svitolina advanced to the quarterfinals of the German Open

Elina Svitolina advanced to the quarterfinals of the prestigious German Open tennis tournament in Berlin. Ukraine’s top-ranked player and the tournament’s sixth seed confidently defeated Eva Lys, a German player of Ukrainian descent, in the second round. 

The match ended with a victory for the Ukrainian in two sets, 6-3, 6-2. In the first set, Svitolina secured the lead with breaks in the fourth and sixth games, and in the second set, she sealed the victory by breaking her opponent’s serve twice in the fifth and seventh games.

Elina Svitolina’s next opponent in the quarterfinals will be determined shortly in the match between Alexandra Eala of the Philippines and Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan. The total prize pool for the German WTA 500 tournament is over $1.2 million.

This was reported by “Glavkom.”

As a reminder, renowned Ukrainian tennis player and world No. 8 Elina Svitolina has officially joined the Kharkiv football club, formerly known as Metalist 1925. 

Ukraine opened its medal tally at the 2026 European Fencing Championships, where Alina Komashchuk won the team’s first medal by taking bronze in the women’s individual sabre competition.