Svitolina, Pliskova lead the white group in Singapore

Elina and Karolina beat Kvitova and Wozniacki in their opening match. VIDEO

Svitolina Pliskova

Elina Svitolina and Karolina Pliskova are leading the White Group in Singapore after winning their opening matches on Sunday in straight sets.

Svitolina

Ranked no. 6, Elina lost 4 of her last 6 encounters before Singapore. However, the Ukrainian played a great match against Petra Kvitova (world no. 7). The only awkward moment for Elina was when she was broken back in the second game of the 1st set (1-1) after she broke herself Kvitova in the very first game.

Later on, there was an important moment when Svitolina won 5 consecutive games to reverse a 2-3 deficit in a 6-3 1-0 lead.

The only difference between the 2 players in the 2nd set was a break in favor of Elina in the 6th game (4-2). That was before the world no.6 won the match 6-3 6-3.

 

Pliskova

Ranked no.5, Karolina had a surprisingly smooth ride against the top seed and defending champion Caroline Wozniacki. After saving 2 consecutive break points in the in the 2nd game (15-40), the Czech broke the Dane twice before getting a decisive 5-1 lead and then win the opener 6-2.

Pliskova started the 2nd set in the best possible way with another break. Wozniacki was having continuous problems in holding her serve, and she had to save a couple of match points on serve when she was 3-5 down. Carolina had also her chances to get back in the match in the following game (4-5) when Pliskova was facing 2 consecutive break points (15-40), but once more it was the world no.5 to hold her nerve, win the following 4 points and the match. The finals result was 6-2 6-4.

 

THE ONES ON THE RIGHT HAD A LOT OF FUN…

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