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Svitolina downs Gauff, Pegula fights back to beat Anisimova in Dubai semis
Elina Svitolina won a tough three-hour match against Coco Gauff to reach the Dubai final, while Jessica Pegula rallied from a set down to secure her eighth WTA 1000 final.
- On Feb 20, Ukraine's Elina Svitolina beat Coco Gauff 6-4 6-7 6-4 at the Dubai Tennis Championships, setting up a final with Jessica Pegula.
- After a straight-sets meeting in Australia last month, Svitolina secured a second consecutive victory over world number four Gauff in a gruelling three-hour encounter.
- A 15-13 second-set tiebreak saw Gauff save four match points, and the ninth game in the decider repeatedly went to deuce as Svitolina held her nerve to win.
- Pegula recovered from a 1-6 first set to beat Anisimova 1-6 6-4 6-3, reaching her eighth WTA 1000 final, and said `I held on to my serve there in the second set.`
- Svitolina reflected on the match, saying `I'm speechless after that fight,` and she added she was `very pleased with the fight and the win,` after the gruelling semi.
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American Jessica Pegula and Ukrainian Elina Svitolina are the finalists of the WTA 1000 tennis tournament in Dubai. Pegula defeated compatriot Amanda Anisimova 1:6, 6:4 and 6:3 in the semifinals of the tournament with a prize fund of 3.44 million euros, while Svitolina was better than American Coco Gauff 6:4, 6:7 (13) and 6:4.
Svitolina downs Gauff, Pegula fights back to beat Anisimova in Dubai semis
Ukraine's Elina Svitolina kept up her recent winning run against Coco Gauff as she edged the American 6-4 6-7(13) 6-4 on Friday to set up a final showdown with Jessica Pegula at the Dubai Tennis Championships.
Svitolina outlasts Gauff in marathon to return to Dubai final after eight years
Elina Svitolina watched four match points slip away in a second-set tiebreak that went in favor of Coco Gauff, but never lost her composure, breaking the American in the final game of the match to secure a 6-4, 6-7 (13), 6-4 victory in 3 hours and 3 minutes and advance to her third Dubai final. She'll face Pegula, whom she is 3-5 against at the WTA level.
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