The first racket of Ukraine Elina Svitolina ended the fight in a major tournament in Moscow.
Svitolina in the same breath made it to the semifinals of the Kremlin Cup, where she was waiting for the first Russian tennis player Svetlana Kuznetsova, of which the title in Moscow guarantees for the Final tournament in Singapore.
The Ukrainian started the match confidently, taking his serve, Svitolina earned triple break point. Instead of from the start to break away, Elina allowed Kuznetsova to protect his supply. The Russian woman firmly took the initiative and left behind all the remaining games in the first set.
In the second set Svitolina played better – Elina twice took the feed Kuznetsova, but the ending was developed a huge problem. Missed two set balls at the reception, then two more on his serve. Kuznetsova battled back from 3:5 and he made a request to win in two sets.
It seemed that for Svitolina have all been completed, but the Ukrainian got an unexpected batch of gifts from my opponent. Kuznetsova gave a series of mistakes, taking the tiebreak only two rounds.
The key to the match was the starting two game – Svitolina lost his serve, then lost a double break-point and never claimed to flow Kuznetsova.
For getting into the semi-finals of the Kremlin Cup Elina Svitolina earned 185 points and over 40 thousand dollars in prize money.
Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia, 1) – Elina Svitolina (Ukraine, 4) – 6:1, 6:7, 6:4
