Elina Svitolina Beat Daria Kasatkina to Retain her Dubai Title

Photo from Ukrinform–UATV

 

Defending champion, Elina Svitolina, beat Daria Kasatkina from Russia, the No. 24 player in the world, in the finals of the tournament in Dubai.

Svitolina won relatively easily with a 6-4, 6-0 score. 

This is the second victory for the Ukrainian this year and the eleventh of her career. In January, she won the tournament in Brisbane, Australia.

Svitolina is now ranked No. 4 in the world, and she climbed to the fourth place in the year-end championship race.