The first racket of Ukraine Elina Svitolina was content to semi-finals small final tournament.
For Elina Svitolina difficult to name a more difficult opponent than the two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova. This season the player played three games, and each time the court repeated the same situation – Kvitova dominated in all respects, without giving Svitolina any set.
At the start of a match nothing foretold problems for Kvitova – Czech Republic played in their usual aggressive tennis, give Svitolina break that will be a matter of time. In the third game of the Ukrainian pulled out a difficult game on his serve, and then suddenly took the feed Kvitova – Petra made several blunders and ended up in a difficult position.
How easy Svitolina managed to take the lead 4:1, Elina so quickly lost the advantage. The key was the seventh game – leading 30:0, a native of Odessa lost her serve, and then helped Kvitova to finally gain confidence in their abilities and to bring the set to the bitter end.
In the second game of the final success of the Czechs already at anybody did not cause doubts that Kvitova is completely controlled everything that happens on the court without any problems and closed the match in two sets.
The title in Zhuhai brought Peter Kvitova over 650 thousand dollars in prize money, Elina Svitolina earned two times less and missed the chance to renew personal and national records in the WTA rankings.
Elina Svitolina (Ukraine, 4) – Peter Kvitova (Czechia, 3) – 4:6, 2:6
