French Open 2023: Elina Svitolina ousts Daria Kasatkina to book quarter-final place at Roland-Garros

Elina Svitolina has advanced through to the quarter-finals of the French Open following a hard fought 6-4 7-6(5) win over Daria Kasatkina. Svitolina's very impressive recent form on clay continued against the ninth seed and 2022 semi-finalist as she secured her place in the last eight at Roland-Garros.

Ad The Ukrainian found herself up a double-break early on, allowing herself the insurance of dropping one service game to her opponent before ultimately seeing out the set. Roland-GarrosKasatkina flattens Stearns to continue impressive French Open run02/06/2023 AT 10:21 The second set was a far closer affair with Svitolina first going a break down before fighting back to 2-2.

Both players exchanged breaks until Svitolina stemmed the flow to hold for 5-3, but as Kasatkina battled back, a tie-breaker was needed which went the way of the Ukrainian. More to follow — — — Stream the 2023 French Open live on discovery+, the Eurosport app and at eurosport.com Roland-Garros'She's a warrior, a fighter' — Robson and Corretja react to Svitolina victory31/05/2023 AT 14:51 Roland-GarrosSvitolina says her hard work has been 'paying off' at Roland-Garros31/05/2023 AT 14:44