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Svitolina beats Muchova to keep WTA Finals semi-final hopes alive
Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina came back to beat Karolina Muchova at the WTA Finals in California, winning 3-6, 6-2, 6-2.
Svitolina had lost her opening group match to Mirra Andreeva 6-4, 6-0, and also struggled early against Muchova.
After losing the first set, she took a medical timeout for a right hip injury, then saved an early break point and turned the match around.
Muchova made 39 unforced errors, and Svitolina won her first WTA Finals match since taking the title in 2019.
The victory keeps Svitolina’s semi-final hopes alive, but she does not yet know what result she needs to advance.
That will depend on the outcome of Aryna Sabalenka’s match against Andreeva.
Elina Svitolina beat Karolina Muchova 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 to keep her hopes of reaching the WTA Finals semi-finals alive.
Svitolina came back after losing the first set and taking a medical timeout.
The Ukrainian said she was angry with herself after her first match and the opening set against Muchova.
Svitolina now faces a straight shootout with Aryna Sabalenka for second place in the group.
Mirra Andreeva had already secured a semi-final place by beating Sabalenka.
- Who
- Elina Svitolina beat Karolina Muchova.
- What
- Svitolina won in three sets to keep her semi-final hopes alive.
- When
- Wednesday, 11 November 2026.
- Where
- Indian Wells, California.
- Why
- A win kept Svitolina in contention for a place in the semi-finals; she said she would have been eliminated if she had lost.
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Svitolina lost her opening group match to Mirra Andreeva, 6-4, 6-0.
Svitolina beat Muchova 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 in her second group match.
Andreeva beat Aryna Sabalenka 6-4, 6-0 to secure a place in the semi-finals.
- Match result
- Svitolina beat Muchova 3-6, 6-2, 6-2
- Tournament
- WTA Finals
- Venue
- Indian Wells
- Svitolina's opening match
- Lost to Mirra Andreeva 6-4, 6-0
- Group standings
- Andreeva first, Sabalenka second and Svitolina third
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What people are saying
It was not an easy task to do.
I was really angry at myself after the first match and the first set
I tried to direct my anger towards the ball and I found my game in the end.