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Wimbledon champion triumphs 3-6, 7-6, 6-3• Elina Svitolina sees off Karolina Pliskova 7-6, 6-4It was three years ago when a young Bianca Andreescu met her idol, Simona Halep, at a tournament in Canada. They talked and Halep handed out some sage advice: the 16-year-old Andreescu was already good enough for the professional tour and she should join it as soon as possible.
On Monday, in their first match at the WTA Finals in Shenzhen, the pair finally met as equals and grand slam champions and Halep, the Wimbledon champion, valiantly saved a match point and recovered from a set down to defeat Andreescu, the
US Open champion, 3-6, 7-6 (6), 6-3 in a dramatic battle.