Elena Rybakina vs. Elina Svitolina
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Don’t tell Svitolina not to sweat the small stuff. She says that’s exactly what has her off to a 19-3 start this season.
These days, she and her coaches scour her statistics and pore over video of her matches, looking for any tiny edge they can find, or adjustment they can make.
“I have my team there to really give me all this information, and then I had time to work on few things, on the serve, on the return,” she says. “It’s these small differences, they work, and that’s what makes the difference between being consistent and having good week here and
there.”
Svitolina’s most recent win, in three sets over Iga Swiatek on Thursday, was a good example of two of her improvements: (1) She went on the attack, rather than responding to Swiatek; and (2) she played with self-assured in the latter stages of a close first set, against a higher-ranked opponent. It was Svitolina who played like the favorite.
