Elina Svitolina annihilates Anastasija Sevastova 6-3 6-2 in the quarter in Miami on Tuesday after playing a good match to come up against Ashleigh Barty in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 9 minutes. This will be her best achievement in this tournament. In the past, the best she could do in the past was reaching the quarter in 2018. Here you can see her history at this event.
Svitolina was happy about the outcome. She commented:
“I’ve always wanted to play well here in Miami. It’s one of the biggest tournaments and playing here is always amazing, so I’m really pleased with the performance tonight.
I know that she’s a big fighter and she will try to come back, it doesn’t matter the score, so I was expecting a tough battle. In the end, I think I played really good throughout the match and I’m really happy with the way I finished it.”
Highlights Elina Svitolina vs. Anastasija Sevastova Miami Open – Miami
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:09
At the end of the match, the Ukrainian scored 62 points vs. the Latvian’s 38.
Svitolina
Svitolina was pretty focused in converting 86% of the break points that she conquered (6/7).
Sevastova
On the other side, the Latvian was effective when converting 50% of the break points that she procured points (3/6). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Svitolina and Sevastova is 3-1 for Elina.
Draw and next match H2H: Elina Svitolina vs. Ashleigh Barty – stats
Svitolina will compete against Barty in the semifinal.
This will be the 7th time that Elina Svitolina and Ashleigh Barty fight against each other. The head to head is 5-1 for Svitolina (see full H2H stats), 3-0 on hard.
The last time that they played, Barty won 6-4 6-3 in the final in Shenzhen back in 2019.
Live score progression and stats
Barty overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Svitolina in the 1st game (1-0). Nonetheless, Svitolina found the way to come back to break Anastasija 3 times in the 2nd (1-1), in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (5-3) game before winning the set (6-3).
Svitolina was perfect in converting all her break points in the 2nd (0-1 30-40), the 4th (2-1 15-40) and the 8th game (4-3 0-40). On the other side, Anastasija converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 4th (1-3 30-40) and the 7th game (3-3 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 51 points. Elina was the one to win the set after conquering 9 points more than Anastasija (30-21). Elina lost 14 points on serve (16-14). On the other side, the Latvian conceded 14 points on serve (7-14).
Svitolina had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Barty in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Anyhow, there was more to do for the Ukrainian to win the set because Sevastova managed to break back in the 6th (2-4) game. Svitolina kept her focus to break the Latvian in the 7th (5-2) game before winning the set (6-2).
There was an important spell in this set when Elina won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to bring the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0.
Svitolina converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40), the 3rd (2-0 0-40) and the 7th game (4-2 30-40 and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, Sevastova converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 40-A) and the 6th game (1-4 30-40).
They contested 48 points. Elina was the one to win the set after conquering 16 points more than Sevastova (32-16). The Ukrainian conceded 9 points on serve (17-9). On the other side, Sevastova conceded 15 points on serve (7-15).
Tennis Scores in Miami
- Ashleigh BartyBarty – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (6-4 6-75 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Anastasija SevastovaSevastova (6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Bianca Vanessa AndreescuVanessa Andreescu – Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Naomi OsakaOsaka (1-3) – H2H details and stats
- Ashleigh BartyBarty – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (1-5) – H2H details and stats
