Ukrainian guaranteed a place in the playoffs, winning the second set, the second racket of the world Caroline Wozniacki

Elina Svitolina. AFP photo

The best tennis player of Ukraine Elina Svitolina has just guaranteed themselves a spot in the playoffs of the WTA Championships WTA 2018 in Singapore – in the match against Danish Caroline Wozniacki – the second racket of the world.

Match with last year’s winner of the Final of the championship was very intense. In the first set, the advantage passed from Ukrainka to the Dane, had to play a tie-break, Wozniacki scored a victory with the account 7:5.

The same pattern was observed in the second set. And when it came to tie-break and the score was 6:5 in favor of Svitolina, she could bring the case to success, but to put the end did not succeed. Wozniacki several times to equalize the situation. But still lost — 5:7.

Thus 24-year-old from Odessa, based in Kharkiv, has secured a place in the semi-finals of a single discharge regardless of the outcome of the third set of the match with Wozniacki.

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Before that Svitolina has won two meetings. First, 21 Oct — the Czech tennis player Petra Kvitova (6:3, 6:3). Then, the 23rd, from her compatriot Carolina pliskova (6:3, 2:6, 6:3).