Andreeva keeps perfect WTA Finals run alive, earns title shot against Svitolina
LOS ANGELES, Nov 15 — French Open winner Mirra Andreeva beat Jessica Pegula 6-3, 6-4 yesterday to book a WTA...
Mirra Andreeva secured her spot in the WTA Finals title match against former champion Elina Svitolina by defeating Jessica Pegula 6-3, 6-4. Svitolina, who won the WTA Finals in 2018, lost to Ashleigh Barty in the final the following year but returned this year to beat Wimbledon champion Linda Noskova 6-2, 6-1, earning a chance to win another title.
Andreeva, the youngest player to make the final since 2004, is now second in the world rankings following her straight-set victories over top-ranked Svitolina, Aryna Sabalenka, and Diana Shnaider. Pegula's fifth-round American missed chances in the first set, but Andreeva held to win 5-3. Pegula broke back in the next game but Andreeva held to take the first set.
In the second set, Pegula extended the lead 3-1, but Andreeva broke back immediately in the fourth game of the second set and won the match 5-3, finishing in one hour and 25 minutes. Svitolina, who will face Andreeva in the final, said she did "pretty much everything" well against Noskova, who made 11 double faults.
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