Members of the Monfils family took to the Margaret Court Arena this Saturday.
After the magnificent qualification of Gaël Monfils against Taylor Fritz, world number 4, Elina Svitolina, the wife of the 38-year-old Frenchman, was also present.
As part of the night session, the Ukrainian also had an interesting match to play against Jasmine Paolini.
The Italian is in the form of her career and appeared as the favorite against the Ukrainian, who returns from an absence of several months after a foot operation.
The latter also completely missed her first round, making a series of unforced errors.
But in the second set, Svitolina, who has solid experience in major tournaments, did not give up, even if she did not have the best feelings.
Much better in the exchange, she was able to take the measure of Paolini who gradually became unrecognizable in this part.
-Double finalist in Grand Slam last year, Jasmine Paolini never found the solution to counter the revolt of Svitolina, who ended up winning in three sets (2-6, 6-4, 6-0 in 1h45) .
The Ukrainian, who won against Dolehide her 100th Grand Slam victory in the previous round, continues and joins the round of 16 of the Australian Open for the fifth time in her career after 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2024.
Like her husband, Svitolina eliminated the number 4 seed from the tournament and will challenge Veronika Kudermetova for a place in the quarters.
The Russian defeated Beatriz Haddad Maia (6-4, 6-2) earlier in the day and has never lost against Svitolina in two confrontations.
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