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Svitolina forced to sweat before progressing in Paris

Elina Svitolina has survived a ‌major scare to reach the second round of the French Open, having to ‌come from behind to labour past unheralded Anna Bondar 3-6 6-1 7-6 (10-3).

A month after she was knocked out of the Madrid Open in straight sets by the Hungarian, Ukrainian seventh seed Svitolina could not find her range on the Suzanne Lenglen Court, falling apart in the opening set ‌after cancelling ‌out an ⁠early break.

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