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Patna : Defending champion and 8th seed Elina Svitolina, 25, Ukraine, defeated Wimbledon Champion and 5th seed Simona Halep, 28, Romania, in straight sets in a Purple Group match at WTA Finals at Shenzhen, China, on October 30, 2019. Svitolina beat Halep 7-5, 6-3 in her second Group Stage match.She won 4 break points to 2 by Halep. Both the players won 3 games each in a row in the match. Svitolina fired 4 Aces in the match to 1 by the Romanian.
In the second match in Purple Group, World No 2 Karolina Pliskova, 27, Czech Republic, won after her opponent and US Open Champion Bianca Andreescu, 19, Canada, retired due to knee injury in the second set after having lost the first 3-6.
Svitolina had defeated Pliskova in her first Group Stage match on October 28, 2019, while Halep had edged past US Open Champion Andreescu.