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First set: Ashleigh Barty *4-4 Elina Svitolina: Svitolina holds, but goodness, that was tight. Barty constructed a lovely point to force 30-30, stroking a crosscourt forehand followed by an angled dropshot. But at 30-30, Barty missed an easy forehand return. On game point, Barty moved forward behind a great slice and had a smash to finish the point, but Svitolina chased down every last ball until Barty relented with an error. As you can see, so much of this match will be on Barty’s racquet.
First set: Ashleigh Barty 4-3* Elina Svitolina: Barty looked to be speeding through another service game at 40-0, only for Svitolina to peg her back to 40-30 after a sizzling backhand down the line winner and a great return. No matter. Barty crushed a crosscourt forehand, moved to the net and played an absolutely glorious angled backhand volley to hold. She has come to play.
Written by Tumaini Carayol
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2019/nov/03/tennis-wta-finals-ashleigh-barty-v-elina-svitolina-final-live under the title “WTA Finals: Ashleigh Barty v Elina Svitolina in the final – live!”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
