Svitolina additionally famous her rival’s choice to not shake arms after the match. She as soon as once more praised Kasatkina for talking out towards the battle, saying: “Yeah, definitely I acknowledged the match today. Really thankful for her position that she took.

“Yeah, she's really brave person to say it publicly, that not so many players did. She's a brave one.” The Ukrainian star is taking part in her first Grand Slam match since giving start in October and solely returned to competitors in April.

Now ranked down at No 192 after a being pregnant break, she earned her first high 10 win in additional than two years over Kasatkina. And she now has an excellent larger problem in second seed Aryna Sabalenka.