Elina Svitolina staged a remarkable comeback to beat Karolina Muchova and remain in the hunt for the WTA Finals title.The Ukrainian looked to be on her way out of Indian Wells when she was a set down and required an eight-minute medical timeout. But she recovered to win 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 and stay in with a chance of reaching the semi-finals.Svitolina, who was demolished 6-4, 6-0 by Mirra Andreeva in her opening round-robin match, told Sky Sports: “It was not an easy task to do.“I was pretty angry at myself, after the first match and after the first set also.
Things didn’t go my way, so I tried to direct this anger towards the ball and found my game in the end.“I think the level was back in the third set. I just tried to give it all in this match because I know I would be eliminated if I lost.
So I just tried to really release all this energy and find these openings against Karolina. She’s such a tough opponent.“It’s the last tournament of the season, so I just have to really put my head down and deal with all the small injuries.“I mean, it’s normal that everyone is tired.
Everyone is struggling with something here and there. I will just try to do my best, have an ice bath and try to heal as much as possible in the next 48 hours.”