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·500·GrassElina Svitolina defeated Liudmila Samsonova 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 — Bad Homburg Open 2026 R16.
Liudmila Samsonova and Elina Svitolina: Elina Svitolina leads 1–0 across 1 recorded meeting.
Svitolina lost the first set 6-3 and then turned the match on her return game, converting 6 of 10 break points (60%) against Samsonova's 5 of 17 (29%). The flip came immediately in the second: breaks in games 3 and 7 turned a 6-3 deficit into a 6-3 set, and the third went the same way once Samsonova sank to 50% on first-serve points. Svitolina also saved 12 of 17 break points she faced (71%) across the Bad Homburg R16 — the cushion that held when Samsonova kept earning looks but couldn't cash them.