Svitolina downs Noskova to set FAGE WTA Finals championship showdown with Andreeva

Elina Svitolina dropped her opening match at these FAGE WTA Finals to Mirra Andreeva. After reeling off three consecutive wins over Karolina Muchova, Aryna Sabalenka and, most recently, Linda Noskova on Saturday, she will get a chance for redemption against the teenager in the championship match.

FAGE WTA Finals championship matches will simulcast for free on Tennis Channel 2

Svitolina needed just 65 minutes to dispatch Noskova 6-2, 6-1 in the semifinals. The victory, her second over the Czech in five WTA Tour Driven by Mercedes-Benz meetings, sends her to a third career final at the year-end championships.

At 32, Svitolina is the oldest player to reach the WTA Finals championship match since Venus Williams in 2017. She is also just the fourth player to do so after turning 32, joining Martina Navratilova, Serena Williams and Venus Williams.

Svitolina is the 14th player to reach three or more finals at the WTA Finals. Of those 14 players, only she and Gabriela Sabatini have never held the No. 1 ranking.

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