TENNIS

Svitolina wins first-leg match in Berlin

The non-WTA exhibition match on July 17 was forced to a temporary hard court at Berlin’s Tempelhof Hangar after rain washed out the scheduled final on grass courts. Elina Svitolina took advantage of this surface change, rallying from a set down for the victory over two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic 3-6, 6-1, 10-5, ending the opening leg of the exhibition tournament as the first champion. Svitolina defeated Anastasija Sevatova of Latvia in the semifinal, 7-6 (7-2), 6-3. In an immediate rematch, the top-seeded Svitolina was next bested by Sevatova, 6-1, 6-1, in the second part of the exhibition. This was the second time in four days the two played against each other.