The first racket of Ukraine Elina Svitolina won the first match of the group stage of the small final of the tournament in Zhuhai.
Your way into the WTA Elite Trophy Svitolina started out the match 22-th racket of the world of Kiki, Bertens, which became one of the discoveries of the past season. Tennis players first met at the official level.
The first set was dictated, Bertens – Dutch in the third game was played a break point, and then three times in a row took the feed Svitolina. Elina responded with only one break.
In the course of the second batch of Bertens was served first, which created Svitolina additional psychological problems. Fortunately, Ukrainian coped with a difficult situation – with the score 2:3 she has played a break point in the ninth game made the break and finally took the initiative.
In the deciding set Svitolina made two breaks and went on her serve from two break points. Now the native of Odessa are waiting for a match with Elena Vesnina – victory send Elina to the semifinals of the WTA Elite Trophy
Elina Svitolina (Ukraine, 4) – Kiki, Bertens (Netherlands, 10) – 2:6, 6:4, 6:2
