Elina Svitolina missed much of last year due to pregnancy but she returned this year and now she's claimed her first WTA Tour-level win in Strasbourg.
Svitolina made her return at the Charleston Open losing to Yulia Putintseva in a very close 3-set match. Since then she played a few ITF events but wasn't able to score any WTA-level wins. She did that today at the WTA event in Strasbourg beating Louisa Chirico 6-4 7-6(1). It's the official return of Svitolina and she's certainly going to win some more matches in the future.
The Ukranian was a stable member of the top 20 when she got pregnant and the expectation is that she'll get back there. The Strasbourg event will serve as a good prep for Roland Garros which is coming up.
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