Elina Svitolina beats Wang in the semifinal to set up a clash vs Gauff at the ASB Classic. HIGHLIGHTS – AUCKLAND RESULTS

Elina Svitolina gets by Xiyu Wang 2-6 6-4 6-3 in the semifinal in Auckland on Saturday. Svitolina is going to play against Cori Gauff in the final. The battle lasted 2 hours and 23 minutes.

Highlights Elina Svitolina vs. Xiyu Wang ASB Classic – Auckland

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

The Ukrainian won this match even if she won less points than Xiyu (85 vs. 87).

Svitolina

The Ukrainian won this match even if she had a tough time converting her break points after she converted only 40% (4/10) of the procured opportunities.

Wang

On the other side, the Chinese was battling in converting her break points (only 40% – 4/10). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this match, the head to head between Svitolina and Wang is 1-0 for Elina.

Draw and next match H2H: Elina Svitolina vs. Cori Gauff – stats

Svitolina will face Gauff in the final.

This will be the 2^nd time that Elina Svitolina and Cori Gauff square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Svitolina (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played, Svitolina won 6-4 6-3 in the 2^nd round in Melbourne back in 2021.

Live score progression and stats

The Chinese stepped up in a great fashion to overplay the Ukrainian and without struggling too much she won 6-2. The Ukrainian broke the Chinese 3 times in the 3^rd (2-1), in the 5^th (4-1) and in the 7^th (5-2) game. However, Xiyu broke her opponent in the 6^th (4-2) game, but that didn’t stop her to conquer the set (6-2).

A defining moment of this set was when Xiyu won 4 consecutive games in the 1^st set to change the score from 0-1 to 4-1.

The Chinese was flawless in converting all her break points in the 3^rd (1-1 0-40 and 15-40), the 5^th (3-1 0-40), the 7^th (4-2 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 9^th game (6-1 40-A). In addition on the other side, Svitolina was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 4^th (1-2 30-40), the 6^th (1-4 30-40) and the 8^th game (2-5 30-40).

They played 65 points. Xiyu conquered the set after winning 9 points more than Elina (37-28). The Chinese surrendered 12 points on serve (16-12). On the other side, Svitolina conceded 21 points on serve (16-21).

The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that the Ukrainian conquered in the 10^th game (6-4) just before finally winning the set (6-4).

Svitolina failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 30.

The Ukrainian was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 10^th game (5-4 40-A). On the other side, the Chinese wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 11^th

game (3-6 30-40).

They played 54 points. This set was so close that, The Ukrainian won this set even if she scored the same amount of points as her opponent. The Ukrainian surrendered 7 points on serve (18-7). In addition, on the other side, Xiyu conceded 9 points on serve (20-9).

The Ukrainian won the set after she broke the Chinese in the 4^th (3-1) and in the 6^th (5-1) game. Xiyu tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7^th (5-2) game. Yet, the Ukrainian kept the situation under control to conquer the set 6-3.

The Ukrainian failed to serve out the set when leading 5-1 to be broken at 30.

One of the most important stints of the set was when Svitolina won 4 consecutive games in the 3^rd set to change the score from 1-1 to 5-1.

Svitolina converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 4^th (2-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6^th game (4-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). In addition on the other side, Wang converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 5^th (1-3 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7^th game (1-5 30-40).

They contested 53 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Svitolina won just 3 more points than Wang (28-25). Svitolina lost 11 points on serve (16-11). on the other side of the court, the Chinese conceded 12 points on serve (14-12).

Tennis Scores in Auckland

• Cori GauffGauff – Emma NavarroNavarro (6-3 6-1) – Stats and score progression
• Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Xiyu WangWang (2-6 6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression

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