The WTA1000 match in Doha is in full swing, but the Ukrainian star Svitolina, who played as the 10th seed, was out early, facing the Czech Republic's Martinkova in the first round, and she finally lost in three sets.
Knowing that this is only the fourth victory of Martinkova's career against the TOP20, it shows how outrageous Svitolina's defeat is.
In fact, since the start of the 2022 Tour, Svitolina has played as many as three of the five tournaments she is currently playing in as a round.
She started her new season in Adelaide, losing to Hassanova in the first round of the first week and losing to American Keyse in the second week.
Travelling to Melbourne Park with a 0-2 record, it was clear that Svitolina's Australian Open trip was not a good one, and as the 15th seed, she was swept out by Azarenka in the third round after defeating Ferro and Harmony Tam in the first two rounds.
A month later, she travelled to Dubai, where she had won the title twice, and won only one victory – a 6-2 6-3 victory over a wild card player, Sharif, in the first round.
In the next round, she was eliminated by Swiss rising star Teichmann with a score of 7-6 6-2.
Moving to Doha, ukraine's star has clearly not yet adjusted from last week's defeat, and she was finally defeated by Martinkova 2-1 after winning the first set.
At the moment when the WTA rookies are emerging, Svitolina, born in 1994, is obviously not young, and once upon a time, she should be one of the most stable players in the women's tennis.
Since winning her first career title at the 2013 Baku Cup in Azerbaijan, her name has begun to be mentioned by more media and fans, and she has completely exploded since the 2017 season.
At that time, she was among the top 10 with the victory in Dubai, setting a record for the highest women's tennis ranking in Ukraine.
Throughout the 2017 season, Svitolina won as many as five WTA singles titles, namely the WTA250 Chinese Taipei, the WTA1000 Dubai, the WTA250 Istanbul Cup, the WTA1000 Rome Open and the WTA1000 Rogers Cup.
With more and more titles, Svitolina's personal world rankings are also rising, and on September 11, 2017, her world ranking rose to the current highest third place.
Later in the 2018 season, Svitolina played a remarkable role, she has reached the top again in Brisbane, Dubai and Roma, in addition to winning the women's singles title in the 2018 WTA year-end finals.
However, at the peak of her personal status, Svitolina has always been a breathless performance at the Grand Slam, and her current best records in the four Grand Slams are the Australian Open quarterfinals, the French Open quarterfinals, the Wimbledon quarterfinals and the US Open four.
Svitolina's world ranking has slipped outside the TOP15, so do you think she is still on track to achieve a breakthrough at a Grand Slam? (Source: House of Tennis Author: Barbie)