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Canadian Open: Svitolina, Swiatek See Off Alexandrova, Shnaider To Set Up SF Clash
Canadian Open: Elina Svitolina’s resilience once again came to the fore as the ninth seed overturned a slow start against Ekaterina Alexandrova to book a place in the Canadian Open semifinals, where she will face Iga Swiatek in a clash between two of the tournament’s biggest forces.
Svitolina, the 2017 champion, was initially unsettled by Alexandrova’s aggressive baseline approach. The 16th seed, fresh from her shock victory over world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka, struck cleanly to take the opening set 6-3.
But the momentum changed dramatically after the first-set setback. Svitolina reeled off 11 of the next 12 games, sweeping the second set 6-0 and moving 5-1 ahead in the decider. Alexandrova threatened a late revival by narrowing the deficit to 5-3, but Svitolina held her nerve, breaking in the ninth game to complete a 3-6, 6-0, 6-3 victory in 93 minutes.
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