Australian Open 2022 – Frenchman’s results in round two: Tan eliminated by Svitolina

Harmony Tan didn’t deserve this. The composer of a superb performance against Elina Svitolina in the second round of the Australian Open, the Frenchwoman had to retire in one match from the end of this very surprising duel. Touched to the left calf, the 24-year-old had to give in a bit against her will at 1-5 in the final class.

The end of the game seemed like a nightmare for Harmony Tan. Everything changed in the third chapter. When she had already agreed to a break, she requested the arrival of the physiotherapist at 1-3, 40/30. Tied at her calf, she quickly swerved to such an extent that she was barely able to move on the court. His fate was determined very early on in this last work.

Tan evacuation in a wheelchair

At 1-5, in one leg, she tried to finish the match, before reality caught up with her. Unable to squeeze her left leg, she tried to do so, before prostrating herself in pain. Confused, she wanted to serve in the other serve area when she had to play a second ball.

In the stands, her mother, Lesquin, accompanied by the captain of the French women’s team Julien Benneteau, asked her to stop twice. It was ultimately the referee who decided to appoint Tan, after convincing him that she would aggravate her injury by continuing. Unable to get off the field, Tan, crying, was eventually evacuated into a wheelchair from the Margaret Court Arena.

Shocked from the atypical game of her native Paris, Svitolina joined the third round by piercing a mouse with this three-set win (6-3, 5-7, 5-1, giving up). She has a date with Victoria Azarenka for a shock in the final 32. It will remain from this match that she had a hard time counteracting the loose play of the French player.

From the end of the first set until the start of the third, the early WTA players were nervous and impatient before finding the key at the start of the third set. It’s also the power of heroes, to break out of when things go wrong. After the meeting, Svitolina said that she regretted the fate of her competitor.