Elina Svitolina has a fantastic run in Dubai to defend her title and win the second tournament of the season after Brisbane.

The 23-year-old had no problems in dismissing the world no.24 Darya Kasatkina 6-4 6-0 in a final that was just one-way traffic.

I am very pleased. SVITOLINA

Elina was visibly elated with her overall performance to comment

“I am very pleased with the performance throughout the week. When I had to play well, I played well. I did good at important moments. I was serving good, returning well, getting lots of balls back. … Maybe not amazing tennis, but I was pretty solid. It was enough.”

After this week, Elina has a remarkable 14-2 win-loss record in 2018.

This is Elina’s 11th career title. Much more to come.