Wimbledon 2021: Ukraine's Elina Svitolina becomes latest seed to suffer early exit
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Ukraine's Elina Svitolina said she struggled mentally as she became the latest women's singles seed to suffer an early exit on day four at Wimbledon.
The 2019 semi-finalist, beaten by eventual winner Simona Halep two years ago, lost 6-3 6-4 to Poland's Magda Linette in her second-round match.
The third seed's defeat comes after Wednesday's exits for fourth and fifth seeds Sofia Kenin and Bianca Andreescu.
"Mentally, for sure, I need to reset," said 26-year-old Svitolina.
"Mentally, today I was not really in a good place. When you play a Grand Slam [it is a] different kind of pressure. Sometimes it's tough to handle but it's part of the job - it is part of the Grand Slam.
"You have to try to be strong, try to be good to yourself and try to overcome the fears, the difficulties. Today probably I was not fresh mentally to do that.
"Right now I wouldn't say it's very smooth times in my career. It's [a] tough time, but I have been in these situations in my career a few times."
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