Elina Svitolina wins the first title of the season (the fifth of her career) in Taipei after she defeated Shuai Peng 6-3 6-2. The Ukraine had a fantastic run in Taiwan to drop just a 1 set in the entire tournament. After this tournament, Elina has won at least 1 title per year for the last five seasons.
I tried to stay aggressive. SVITOLINA
After the match, Svitolina commented
“I was trying to be aggressive on the return because she has a big serve. I wanted to put more pressure on her, and I think this worked well. She had a good start, but I was fine with it. I was just focusing on my strategy. I stayed quite solid.”
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ELINA NO.5
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