Turin, 1 June (LaPresse) – ‘We played a high-level match. Elina never gives up, I needed to play my best tennis to have a chance, I had them but I couldn't take them’. Jasmine Paolini commented on her defeat against Elina Svitolina in the round of 16 at Roland Garros to SuperTennis. The Tuscan was beaten 4-6, 7-6 (6), 6-1 after missing three match points in the second set. Even in the third, she said, ‘I had chances to get back into it but I played them badly, I made a lot of mistakes.’ But her tournament is not over. ‘The goal now is to do well in doubles,’ added the Italian, who is still in the running alongside Sara Errani. The two Italians will face Beatriz Haddad Maia and Laura Siegemund in the round of 16, who reached the quarter-finals in Madrid in the last tournament played before Roland Garros and the round of 16 in the first Grand Slam of the season, at the Australian Open.
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