The first racket of Ukraine Elina Svitolina reached the semi-finals at a major tournament WTA Premier with a prize Fund of $1,000,000.
For a place in chetvertki strongest on “Toray Pan Pacific Open” Svitolina competed with the first seed Garbine Muguruza – Ukrainian this year has already defeated opponent at the tournament in Dubai, and now pulled off the same trick in Tokyo.
Muguruza is clearly overslept the beginning of the match, losing five games in a row. In the end the party the Spaniard has played three set-balls and did a back break, but Svitolina immediately stopped the comeback, for the third time in the set taking the flow of the champion of Roland Garros in 2016.
In the second set Muguruza perfectly served the ball, never allowed Svitolina to break points, and he in the fifth game took the feed Ukrainka and equalized the match.
During the decisive set of the State twice led with a break Svitolina showed character, came back to the game, and in the eighth game and forced the opponent to commit key mistakes. Elina came to serve for the match, and scored its seventh victory over a player from the top 10 of the WTA rankings.
Due to the semi-finals in Tokyo and Elina Svitolina reached a million dollars in prize money for the current season. To improve their performance Ukrainka try in the match against Naomi Osaka.
Garbine Muguruza (Spain, 1) – Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) – 2:6, 6:4, 3:6
