{"id":606727,"date":"2026-04-15T23:13:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T23:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/606727\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T23:13:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T23:13:12","slug":"iga-swiatek-and-elina-svitolina-the-first-certainties-in-the-last-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/606727\/","title":{"rendered":"Iga Swiatek and Elina Svitolina: the first certainties in the last 8"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n \"Elina
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15\/04\/2026<\/p>\n

High-class tennis featuring gripping rallies and big names on Centre Court \u2013 the fifth day of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix lived up to the expectations of the Porsche Arena crowd. After winning comfortably, both Iga Swiatek and Elina Svitolina have advanced to the quarterfinals of the world-class Stuttgart tournament. They are the first two players to book a last eight berth.<\/p>\n

At a glance<\/p>\n

\tTop stars Iga Swiatek and Elina Svitolina progress to the Stuttgart quarterfinals.
\n\tQualifier Zeynep Sonmez celebrates the biggest win of her career against Jasmine Paolini.
\n\tMirra Andreeva battles through a tough three-setter against title-holder Jelena Ostapenko.
\n\tTop seeds Elena Rybakina and Coco Gauff start their campaigns on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Porsche Friend Eva Lys\u2019 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix came to an end in the second round. After an emotional opening win against Paula Badosa, the 24-year-old German was beaten 6-1, 6-0 on Wednesday by Elina Svitolina. The current world No. 7 from Ukraine, stood in the 2021 semifinal at the long-standing tournament where a Porsche 911 Carrera S Cabriolet awaits this year\u2019s winner. \u201fIt\u2019s naturally annoying that things didn\u2019t go better today as I hadn\u2019t completely recovered,\u201d said the Hamburg resident after her match. \u201fBut my knee stood up and that\u2019s the most important thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Laura Siegemund has also exited. The local hero lost 6-2, 6-3 to Iga Swiatek in the meeting between two Stuttgart champions. The 38-year-old stayed with the four-time French Open winner for long spells, but was never really in with a real chance of winning. For Swiatek, it was her first clay court match of the season. The 24-year-old was accordingly satisfied after her opening appearance in the Porsche Arena. \u201fIt\u2019s nice to be back in Stuttgart,\u201d said the Pole, who recently spent several days practicing at the Rafa Nadal Academy in Mallorca. <\/p>\n


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Iga Swiatek<\/p>\n

Zeynep Sonmez caused the tournament\u2019s first upset in the opening match of the day on Centre Court in the Porsche Arena. The qualifier from Turkey defeated the No. 5 seed Jasmine Paolini 6-2, 6-2 to celebrate her first ever win over a Top 10 player and claim the biggest victory of her career so far. Afterwards, German Noma Noha Akugue, who was once supported in the Porsche Talent Team, lost 6-4, 6-2 to the American Alycia Parks.<\/p>\n

In the day\u2019s third singles on the show court, title-holder Jelena Ostapenko bowed out after a three-set defeat \u2013 5-7, 6-2, 6-4 \u2013 by the 18-year-old youngster Mirra Andreeva. \u201fI didn\u2019t really have a good feeling in the third set,\u201d said the world No. 9, who also won the WTA 500 tournament in Austria last week. \u201fBut if the week in Linz showed me one thing, it\u2019s that I always have to believe in myself.\u201d<\/p>\n

Two Grand Slam champions on Centre Court<\/p>\n

Thursday\u2019s spotlight will be on two top stars as Elena Rybakina, the world No. 2 and winner of the 2024 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, will take on Diana Shnaider in her opening match. Following on, the reigning French Open champion Coco Gauff will start her campaign. The American will face Liudmila Samsonova. Play on Centre Court commences with the last 16 encounter between Karolina Muchova and Elise Mertens. Next up will be Alycia Parks against Mirra Andreeva. In the final match of the day, Canada\u2019s Leylah Fernandez will face Zeynep Sonmez.<\/p>\n


\n \"Alycia
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Alycia Parks<\/p>\n

Wednesday\u2019s results<\/p>\n

1st Round, singles
[Q] Z. Sonmez (TUR) vs [5] J. Paolini (ITA) 6-2, 6-2
[Q] A. Parks (USA) vs [WC] N. Noha Akugue (GER) 6-4, 6-2
[6] M. Andreeva vs J. Ostapenko (LAT) 5-7, 6-2, 6-4
L. Noskova (CZE) vs S. Zhang (CHN) 5-7, 6-1, 6-4<\/p>\n

2nd Round, singles
[3] I. Swiatek (POL) vs L. Siegemund (GER) 6-2, 6-3
[4] E. Svitolina (UKR) vs E. Lys (GER) 6-1, 6-0<\/p>\n

1st Round, doubles
U. Eikeri (NOR) \/ Q. Gleason (USA) vs [3] L. Kichenok (UKR) \/ D. Krawczyk (USA)
6-2, 6-2
[2] E. Perez (AUS) \/ D. Schuurs (NED) vs E. Hozumi (JPN) \/ F. Wu (TPE)
2-6, 7-5, 10-6<\/p>\n

2st Round, doubles
[4] N. Melichar-Martinez (USA) \/ L. Samsonova vs L. Fernandez (CAN) \/ F. Stollar (HUN) 6-4, 3-6, 10-6<\/p>\n

Order of Play, Thursday<\/p>\n

Centre Court
From 12.30 hrs
[7] K. Muchova (CZE) vs E. Mertens (BEL)
[Q] A. Parks (USA) vs [6] M. Andreeva
Not before 17.00 hrs
[1] E. Rybakina (KAZ) vs D. Shnaider
Not before 18:30 hrs
L. Samsonova vs [2] C. Gauff (USA)
L. Fernandez (CAN) vs [Q] Z. Sonmez (TUR)<\/p>\n

Court 1
From 12.30 hrs
A. Panova \/ Z. Yang (CHN) vs [2] E. Perez (AUS) \/ D. Schuurs (NED)
[8] E. Alexandrova vs L. Noskova (CZE)
[1] J. Ostapenko (LAT) \/ S. Zhang (CHN) vs L. Siegemund (GER) \/ V. Zvonareva
U. Eikeri (NOR) \/ Q. Gleason (USA) vs A. Parks (USA) \/ A. Smith (USA)<\/p>\n

Porsche in tennis<\/p>\n

The Porsche Tennis Grand Prix is the flagship of the Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG\u2018s worldwide involvement in women\u2019s tennis. First played in 1978, the Stuttgart WTA tournament stands for tradition and innovation, just like the Porsche brand. As the most loyal sponsor of women\u2019s international tennis, Porsche has accompanied the WTA\u2019s oldest indoor event right from the start. Porsche has also been a premium partner of the \u201fDeutsche Tennis Bund\u201d (DTB \u2013 German Tennis Association) since 2012 and is committed to fostering up-and-coming players in the Porsche Talent Team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"15\/04\/2026 High-class tennis featuring gripping rallies and big names on Centre Court \u2013 the fifth day of the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":606728,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,82,593],"class_list":["post-606727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=606727"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606727\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/606728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=606727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=606727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=606727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}