Quarterfinal. Svitolina def Muchova

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[vector_icon icon=”fas fa-microphone”] Match Recap from Announcer Andy Taylor, Voice of the Qatar Total Open

Elina Svitolina advances to the Semifinals

Fact, the scoreline of this Quarterfinal doesn’t reflect today’s quality of play. In reality, Elina Svitolina had to deliver UP to 22-year-old Muchova’s momentum and surging confidence. With a 1st-Round Bye and a quick win over Jelena Ostapenko yesterday, Svitolina had the legs to do it.

Meanwhile, Muchova already won five matches, including a pair of deciding-set qualifiers and a Round-1 win over Lucky Loser Sam Stosur. Facing the World #7 in her first career Quarterfinal, Karolina scored a stunning break to keep set-1 alive.

But Svitolina was simply too fresh, earning a straight-sets victory to reach the Semifinals where she’ll face top-seed and 2014 Champion Simona Halep.

[vector_icon icon=”fas-fa chevron-circle-right”] Head to Head: First meeting between these two players.

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[4/WC] Elina Svitolina -07- (UKR) | Quarterfinal Announcer Introduction

The reigning WTA Finals Champion – Last month, she reached her 4th career Grand Slam Quarterfinal at the Australian Open and returns to Doha as the #4-seed. She won 4 of her 13 WTA Singles titles last year – and on clay in Rome, earned her 6th career victory over a World #1, defeating Simona Halep to capture the Italian Open. By season’s end, she qualified for the WTA Finals for a second time – and played the tournament of her life, defeating five fellow top-10 opponents to earn the biggest title of her career – and with the victory, finished the season ranked inside the top-5 for the first time. Competing in her 5th Qatar Total Open – From Ukraine, please welcome the #7 Player in the World, Elina Svitolina.

• QF — W | [Q] Karolina Muchova -133- (CZE) | Score: 6-4, 6-2
• R2 — W | Jelena Ostapenko -22- (LAT) | Score: 6-4, 6-4 | RECAP
• R1 — BYE

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[Q] Karolina Muchova -133- (CZE) | Quarterfinal Announcer Introduction

What a week it’s been for this 22-year-old qualifier. In her Doha debut, she’s won five consecutive matches, and is through to the Quarterfinals of a WTA Tour-level event for the first time. But her success this week comes as no surprise to those who witnessed the biggest win of her career last August at the US Open. As the World #202 in New York, she won three qualifying matches, scored her first main draw win at a Major, then upset World #12 Garbiñe Muguruza to reach the 3rd-Round. Last month, she reached the main draw in her Australian Open debut and climbed to a career-high ranking of World #130. Here in Doha for the first time, making her WTA Tour-level Quarterfinal debut – From the Czech Republic, please welcome Karolina Muchova.

• QF — L | [4/WC] Elina Svitolina -07- (UKR) | Score: 4-6, 2-6
• R2 — W | Su-Wei Hsieh -31- (TPE) | Score: 6-2, 6-4 | RECAP
• R1 — W | ^ [LL] Sam Stosur -73- (AUS) | Score: 6-4, 6-2 | RECAP
• Q3 — W | Liudmila Samsonova -168- (RUS) | Score: 6-1, 3-6, 6-1 | RECAP
• Q2 — W | [08] Kristyna Pliskova -90- (CZE) | Score: 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 | RECAP
• Q1 — W | [WC] Mubaraka Al-Naimi -No Rank- (QAT) | Score: 6-0, 6-0 | RECAP

^ Withdrawal: [6/WC] Caroline Wozniacki -10- (DEN)