Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina noted by the high award of the NOC of Ukraine.

National Olympic Committee of Ukraine adopted a decision to celebrate tennis player Elina Svitolina special high award “Pride of Ukraine”.

In October the talented Ukrainian, the first racket of the country and the fourth racket of the world has achieved outstanding results. Elina has established a historic achievement, winning the final tournament of the women’s tennis Association (WTA), attended by Singapore’s top 8 tennis players on the planet.

Svitolina became the first tennis player from Ukraine who won this very prestigious competition.

We will remind that earlier the special awards of the Olympic Committee “Pride of Ukraine” was awarded to his sisters Elena and Ekaterina Bondarenko, for the first time in history of tennis wins in doubles one of the four Grand Slam tournaments – the Australian open, and the athlete Natalia Dobrynska for the title of world champion and setting a new world record in track and field all-around that have lasted 20 years.

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