WTA Finals: Aryna Sabalenka's Season Ended by Elina Svitolina at WTA Finals
Svitolina broke Sabalenka six times and won her first meeting in more than six years, while Sabalenka ended the season without a title.
- Ukrainian veteran Elina Svitolina defeated world number two Aryna Sabalenka 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 on Friday to reach the WTA Finals semifinals in Indian Wells, where she will face Wimbledon champion Linda Noskova.
- Maintaining her policy of refusing post-match handshakes with Belarusian players, Svitolina broke Sabalenka's serve six times to overcome 35 unforced errors. The win marked her first victory over Sabalenka in six years.
- Earlier Friday, 19-year-old French Open champion Mirra Andreeva dominated alternate Diana Shnaider 6-2, 6-1. Andreeva completed an unbeaten 3-0 round-robin record, dropping just 11 games throughout the group stage.
- Saturday's semifinals feature two high-stakes matchups: Svitolina faces Noskova, while Andreeva takes on American Jessica Pegula. Both aim to advance to the final of the $10 million season-ending championship.
- Tournament organizers managed several roster shifts, including withdrawals of top-ranked Elena Rybakina and Karolina Muchova due to illness. Despite the disruptions, the remaining field prepares for the final rounds of the elite event.
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Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka was eliminated in the group stage at the WTA Finals in Indian Wells. The second of the World Tennis Rankings was scored by Ukrainian Elina Switolina 3:6,6:3,1:6 on Saturday (CET) night. Before that, Russian Mirra Andreeva had won a 6:2,6:1 victory against her countrywoman Diana Schnaider 6:2,6:1, who had jumped in for the sick Czech Karolina Muchova.
The second of the tennis world rankings is the Ukrainian Switolina. Russian Andreeva remains undefeated in the semifinals.
Tennis-Svitolina stuns Sabalenka to reach WTA Finals semis - Regional Media News
By Rory Carroll INDIAN WELLS, California, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Elina Svitolina overwhelmed Aryna Sabalenka in the deciding set to seal a 6-3 3-6 6-1 upset on Friday to reach the semi-finals of the season-ending WTA Finals in Indian Wells, where she will face Linda [...]
UKRAINIAN Elina Svitolina (32 years old, 7th in the WTA rankings) advanced to the semifinals of the final WTA tournament in Indian Wells by defeating Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka.
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