As Elina Svitolina stepped up to the baseline to contest her second match point 20 minutes after squandering her first, she sprinted on the spot, furiously swung forehands and backhands in the air and did everything to show she was ready. Nearly two hours into her fourth-round battle with Daria Kasatkina, seemingly every exchange had been long, intense and physical, but Svitolina knows few players can match her physicality.
Moments later she extended her brilliant comeback as she outlasted Kasatkina, the ninth seed, 6-4, 7-5 to reach the quarter-finals of her first grand slam tournament since becoming a mother.
