Svitolina eliminated in quarterfinal
Elina Svitolina lost 6-1, 6-7(3-7), 3-6 in the singles quarterfinal against Maria Sakkari of Greece at the Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic in San Jose, Calif., on July 31 through August 4. In the knockout round, Svitolina, the highest ranked player at No. 7, won 6-3, 6-1 against Daria Kasatkina of Russia. Liudmyla and Nadia Kichenok were eliminated in the women’s doubles quarterfinal 1-6, 4-6 by Shuko Aoyama and Ena Shibahara of Japan.