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Angelique Kerber crashes out of China Open with loss to Elina Svitolina

Xinhua, October 6, 2016 Adjust font size:

No. 1 seed Angelique Kerber of Germany was stunned by 16th seed Elina Svitolina of Ukraine 6-3, 7-5 in the third round of the China Open here on Thursday.

Svitolina dominated the first set with strong defense against Kerber's serves and aggressive play at the baseline, taking it with relative ease in 44 minutes.

Kerber fought back in the second set, leveling at 5 games all, but in the end was unable to keep pace with her opponent.

Svitolina saved 82 percent of break points in the match, and won 33 out of 43 points on the first serve.

The Ukrainian goes on to meet Australian Daria Gavrilova in the quarter-finals. Enditem.