Svitolina Fights Back to Beat Muchova at WTA Finals
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Elina Svitolina is a tennis player from Ukraine. She played a match against Karolina Muchova at the WTA Finals.
Svitolina lost the first set. The score was 3-6. People thought she would lose the match.
There was an eight-minute timeout during the match. After the timeout, Svitolina played much better.
She won the next two sets. The final score was 3-6, 6-2, 6-2. Svitolina won the match.
Svitolina said she felt angry during the match. She said, 'I tried to direct this anger towards the ball.'
This win means Svitolina can still win the WTA Finals title. The tournament is very important for top players.
Many fans were happy about her comeback. A comeback means winning after you were losing.
Vocabulary15 words
- set
- a part of a tennis match
- timeout
- a short break during a match
- title
- the prize for winning a big competition
- tournament
- a big sports competition with many matches
- comeback
- winning after being behind or losing
- Ukrainian
- a person from Ukraine
- remarkable
- very surprising and impressive
- fightback
- trying hard to win after doing badly
- anger
- a strong feeling of being upset or mad
- direct
- to send something towards one place
- hunt
- trying to get something, like a prize
- score
- the numbers that show who is winning
- match
- a game between two players
- final
- the last one, with no more after it
- opponent
- the person you play against
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1. Karolina Muchova 2. 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 3. False
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Elina Svitolina is a tennis player from Ukraine. She played a match against Karolina _____ at the WTA Finals.
Svitolina lost the first _____. The score was 3-6. People thought she would lose the match.
There was an eight-minute _____ during the match. After the timeout, Svitolina played much better.
She won the next two sets. The final _____ was 3-6, 6-2, 6-2. Svitolina won the match.
Svitolina said she felt _____ during the match. She said, 'I tried to direct this anger towards the ball.'
This win means Svitolina can still win the WTA Finals _____. The tournament is very important for top players.
Many fans were happy about her _____. A comeback means winning after you were losing.
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