Svitolina stays in WTA Finals hunt after remarkable fightback sees off Muchova

Ukrainian wins 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 after eight-minute timeout‘I tried to direct this anger towards the ball’Elina Svitolina staged a remarkable comeback to beat Karolina Muchova and remain in the hunt for the WTA Finals title.The Ukrainian looked to be on her way out of Indian Wells when she was a set down and required an eight-minute medical timeout. But she recovered to win 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 and stay in with a chance of reaching the semi-finals. Continue reading…

Elina Svitolina recovered after an eight-minute medical timeout to beat Karolina Muchova 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 at Indian Wells Elina Svitolina staged a remarkable comeback to beat Karolina Muchova and remain in the hunt for the WTA Finals title. The Ukrainian looked to be on her way out of Indian Wells when she was a set down and required an eight-minute medical timeout. But she recovered to win 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 and stay in with a chance of reaching the semi-finals. Svitolina, who was demolished 6-4, 6-0 by Mirra Andreeva in her opening round-robin match, told Sky Sports: “It was not an easy task to do.

“I was pretty angry at myself, after the first match and after the first set also. Things didn’t go my way, so I tried to direct this anger towards the ball and found my game in the end. “I think the level was back in the third set. I just tried to give it all in this match because I know I would be eliminated if I lost. So I just tried to really