Ukraine's Elina Svitolina said she feels it is her responsibility to bring her country a "little light" after she charged past Russian Veronika Kudermetova 6-4 6-1 on Monday to reach the Australian Open quarter-finals.

Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina (27) won a convincing victory over russian Veronika Kudermetova (playing under a neutral flag) in the 1/8 finals of the

Ukrainian tennis players Daiana Yastremska and Elina Svitolina competed in their third-round women's singles matches at the Australian Open on 18 January. Source: Champion, a sports news platform within Ukrainska Pravda's holding company Details: Yastremska was unable to pull off an upset in her match against World No.

Ukraine's Elina Svitolina recovered from a sub-par first 20 minutes to charge past Russian Veronika Kudermetova 6-4 6-1 on Monday and reach the last eight of the Australian Open for the third time. Th

Svitolina is the only Ukrainian to reach the quarterfinals in Melbourne, Australia. Prior to that, the 30-year-old defeated WTA No. 4 Jasmine Paolini, Romanian Sorana Cirstea, and American Caroline Dolehide.

After her victory, Elina Svitolina wrote "the spirit of Ukraine" on the camera in English and explained her message. Read also: Svitolina powers past Dolehide into Australian Open third round “This fighting spirit I demonstrate reflects the Ukrainian character.