Ukraine's Elina Svitolina returns the ball to Croatia's Petra Martic during their fourth round match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium. | AP
Ukraine's Elina Svitolina returns the ball to Croatia's Petra Martic during their fourth round match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium. | AP

Elina Svitolina ends Petra Martic dream run to reach French Open quarters

Svitolina will face Romaninan third seed and 2014 runner-up Simona Halep for a place in the semi-finals.

PARIS: Ukrainian fifth seed Elina Svitolina ended the dream run of world number 290 Petra Martic at the French Open, reaching the quarter-finals with a 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 win.

Svitolina will face Romaninan third seed and 2014 runner-up Simona Halep for a place in the semi-finals.

But Martic, who came through qualifying, threw away a golden chance to make the quarter-finals after leading 5-2 in the final set.

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