Andreeva Beats Sabalenka 6-4, 6-0 to Reach WTA Finals Semifinals: Wins Final 11 Games in 62 Minutes After Trailing 4-1
Indian Wells, California. Mirra Andreeva came back from 4-1 down in the first set to beat Aryna Sabalenka 6-4, 6-0 in 62 minutes on Wednesday, November 11, at the WTA Finals, winning her second straight Group 2 match and advancing to the semifinals as group winner.
The WTA report said Andreeva won 45 of the last 55 points and reeled off the final 11 games. Down 4-1, she won 12 straight points to level the set at 4-all, then claimed 20 of the next 23 points and closed the opener with three consecutive aces. In the second set she won all of her first-serve points and lost just two points on serve.
The report said Andreeva became the youngest player to reach the WTA Finals semifinals since Caroline Wozniacki in 2009, and the fifth teenager to do so since the round-robin format was reintroduced in 2003. After beating Elina Svitolina 6-4, 6-0 in her opener, she became, according to the report, the first player in tournament history to win a 6-0 set in each of her first two WTA Finals matches.
It was the pair's first meeting in 605 days. Sabalenka told reporters her opponent played great tennis and that she still had a chance to qualify. She will play Svitolina on Friday for the group's remaining semifinal place, after Svitolina rallied past Karolina Muchova 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 earlier on Wednesday. Andreeva next faces Muchova.
Source: WTA
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