Svitolina gave the hit against Swiatek and equaled her best historical participation in Indian Wells

Elina Svitolina (9th WTA) She is the owner of the day’s victory in Indian Wells. Ukraine became a giant in the Californian Desert and eliminated Iga Swiatek (2nd) by 6-2, 4-6 and 6-4to earn a place among the four best in the tournament.

The constants difficulties of the Pole with the serve (five double faults) and the lack of regularity with the blows allowed the Ukrainian to become the absolute dominator of the first round. Hitting the right moments and exerting the necessary pressure, the former world No. 3 relatively calmly took the lead into the first long break.

The truth is that the sacred fire appeared in the girl born in Warsaw and, despite the irregularity shown, she managed to begin to dominate the actions of the second set and achieved a 4-1 lead. That difference, which promised to mark the future of the match, disappeared in an instant, given that the repeated errors of his own and the successes of his rival were once again present in the game and Svitolina managed to balance the scorealthough finally the owner of six Grand Slams managed to win the partial.

The third and decisive round was dominated by the tension shown by both playersparticularly in the final moments. However, it was Svitolina who managed to overcome this, achieving a break at the end of the match, which allowed her to close the victory with her serve.

In this way, he achieved by himselfIndian Wells semi-finals for the second time in its historyafter what was done in 2019 and will seek, compared to Elena Rybakina (3rd) either Jessica Pegula (5th)his first ending.

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