Elina Svitolina Beats Simona Halep in Shenzhen WTA Finals

Shenzhen (China): Elina Svitolina of Ukraine moved one step closer to defending her finals crown with a straight-sets 7-5, 6-3 win over world No. 5 Wimbledon champion Simona Halep of Romania in their purple group round-robin clash at the Shiseido WTA Finals Shenzhen here on Wednesday.

Their head-to-head coming into the match was equally split, with four wins each in eight meetings, and the Romanian having won their two most recent clashes at Wimbledon and in Doha.

Svitolina started off strong, making short work of her opening service, with a hold to love in just two minutes. She broke Halep’s first service by employing solid groundstrokes from the baseline, and held her next service with the help of 5 unforced errors from the Romanian, principally off the backhand side in the form of crosscourt and down the line shots sent deep, reports Xinhua news agency. (IANS)

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