Svitolina postpones the party by winning the first point. Ivanovic does not let her get away with that lead for long and forces her afternoon enemy into overhitting on a forehand. 15-15 it is. It is soon 30-15 and it is soon 40-15, via a forceful forehand with Svitolina stranded in No Man’s Land. Match point. Svitolina saves the first one. Ivanovic throws away the second one by double faulting. What a time to do that. She soon recovers her nerve and her lead. It’s her third match point and it’s third time lucky. Suitably enough, she ends it via a screaming cross-court forehand.
Ana Ivanovic beats Elina Svitolina to reach French Open semis – as it happened!
