On the second day of exhibition play on the grass courts of the Bett1 Aces tournament in Berlin, Elina Svitolina and Petra Kvitova advanced to Wednesday’s final in straight sets.
As our photographer Jimmie48 witnessed on site, it was a lovely sunny day at the Steffi Graf Stadium and the tennis atmosphere felt as close to normal as 2020’s coronavirus pandemic has allowed in months.
In the first of the two women’s matches contested on Tuesday, Ukrainian world No.5 Elina Svitolina defeated 43rd-ranked Anastasija Sevastova of Latvia 7-6(2) 6-3.