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    "headline": "Elina Svitolina knocks Aryna Sabalenka out of the WTA Finals with a 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 win at Indian Wells",
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    "articleBody": "Elina Svitolina is into the WTA Finals semifinals, and Aryna Sabalenka is out. The Ukrainian beat the No. 2 seed 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 at Indian Wells, California, on Friday, November 13, in a straight shootout for the last place in the final four. It was Svitolina’s first win over Sabalenka since Strasbourg in 2020, and her first ever against her on a hard court. Sabalenka had won their previous five meetings, including a 6-2, 6-3 rout in the Australian Open semifinals in January. How the decider got away from Sabalenka The match started the way the head-to-head suggested it might. Sabalenka broke serve in the very first game. Svitolina broke back, then saved two break points at 3-3 leaning on her second serve, and took the next two games to close out the opening set. Sabalenka answered by taking the second set by the same 6-3 score. In the third, it was Svitolina who struck first. She broke early, broke again to lead 5-1 and served out the match. The key number was her return work. Svitolina converted six of the eight break points she earned, a 75% success rate, against a player who had beaten her on every previous hard-court meeting. From near-elimination to the final four Two days earlier, Svitolina looked finished. She had lost her opener 6-4, 6-0 to Mirra Andreeva, then dropped the first set to Karolina Muchova, who had won all 32 of her matches this season after taking the opening set. Svitolina turned that one around 3-6, 6-2, 6-2, hitting 17 of her 22 winners in the last two sets. “I think this is the sweet thing about the WTA Finals, because even if you lose the first match, you’re still not out,” Svitolina said after that comeback. “You have a couple of more matches and interesting, I think, situations.” It is the first time in her career that she has reached the last four at this event after losing her opening match. Svitolina won the title in 2018, and this is her first appearance at the year-end event since 2019. Where it leaves Sabalenka Sabalenka, a two-time finalist at the year-end tournament, finishes 1-2 in Group 2. She beat Muchova in straight sets, then collapsed against Andreeva, who won the last 11 games of their match. Badiyaa covered that result in our report on Mirra Andreeva’s 6-4, 6-0 win over Aryna Sabalenka. The head-to-head still favors Sabalenka. Counting Friday’s match, she leads their rivalry 6-2, but Svitolina has now won the one that mattered most this year. For more from the end of the tennis season, see how Carlos Alcaraz beat Ben Shelton to win the Paris Masters. The semifinals Andreeva, who finished Group 2 with a 3-0 record without dropping a set, plays Jessica Pegula on Saturday, November 14, in their first career meeting. Svitolina, 2-1 in the group, faces Group 1 winner Linda Noskova in the other semifinal at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden the same day. Further reading Wikipedia: Elina Svitolina Image: Christian Mesiano, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons This article was produced with AI assistance and reviewed by our Editorial Desk. How we work.",
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