The path to the final four: How Svitolina beat Sabalenka to join Andreeva as a Group 2 semifinalist
Elina Svitolina secured a semifinal spot at the Indian Wells tournament after defeating Aryna Sabalenka in a three-set match. She joins Mirra Andreeva, who finished the group stage undefeated, in the final four.
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INDIAN WELLS, Calif. -- There was a point on Wednesday when it looked as though Elina Svitolina might play her last match at Indian Wells with nothing left to play for. She’d already lost to Mirra Andreeva, and when Karolina Muchova took the first set, there was good reason to think Svitolina’s chances were slipping away. Muchova had won all 32 matches that year in which she’d taken the opening set.
For Muchova to make it 33, she still had to find a way past a player who was starting to settle in. Svitolina gave up just four games over the next two sets, and by the time she walked off court, she knew she’d have a semifinal spot to play for on Friday.
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