Elina Svitolina waves her racquet in celebration after beating Karolina Muchova at the WTA FinalsImage source, Reuters
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Elina Svitolina won the season-ending WTA Finals in 2019

ByAmy LofthouseBBC Sport Senior Journalist
  • Published12 minutes ago

Elina Svitolina says she "got a bit angry at myself" to inspire a comeback victory over Karolina Muchova at the WTA Finals and keep her semi-final hopes alive.

Ukraine's Svitolina lost 6-4 6-0 in her first group match against Mirra Andreeva on Monday and made an equally poor start against Muchova.

It looked as though things were getting worse for Svitolina when she took a medical timeout for a right hip injury after losing the first set, before finding herself an early break point down.