Elina Svitolina battles back to keep WTA Finals title hopes alive

FILE PHOTO - Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina in action against Czech Republic's Linda Noskova during their women's singles quarterfinal match of the Stuttgart Open tennis tournament. (is associated with: «Elina Svitolina battles back to keep WTA Finals title hopes alive») Marijan Murat/dpaElina 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 time-out.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, to be fair, 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 played good. 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, you know, these openings against Karolina. She’s such a tough opponent.“It’s the last tournament of the season, so you know, 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 like 48 hours.”