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WTA: Svitolina from Kerber-Bezwingerin wins tournament in Dubai
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Top seeded Ukrainian Elina Svitolina has won the top class WTA tournament in Dubai and once again proved her strong form.
In the final of the $2.623 million hard court tournament in the desert emirate, the world number four defeated the unseeded Russian Daria Kasatkina with 6:4,6:0 and celebrated the eleventh victory of her career – and the second in the still young season. Svitolina had already triumphed in Brisbane earlier this year.
In the semi-finals in Dubai, 23-year-old Svitolina won 6-3,6-3,6-3 against Germany’s top player Angelique Kerber (Kiel/No. 6) on Friday. Julia Görges (Bad Oldesloe) had to cancel her start in Dubai because of a hip injury.
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