Mirra Andreeva gained 11 video games in a row as she thrashed world quantity two Aryna Sabalenka to achieve the final 4 on the WTA Finals.
French Open champion Andreeva was 4-1 down within the opening set earlier than producing some excellent tennis and benefiting from an more and more erratic Sabalenka efficiency.
The 19-year-old Russian went on to ship a press release 6-4 6-0 victory over four-time main singles winner Sabalenka.
“I will probably be trustworthy, I really feel like Aryna didn’t have one of the best day,” Andreeva instructed Sky Sports activities.
“I really feel like I can not actually take all of the credit score right this moment – I really feel like that’s not very reasonable in some methods.
“I am simply joyful. I had a aim in entrance of me to commit it doesn’t matter what and management the issues I can management.”
As poor as Sabalenka was, Andreeva produced a mature, clever efficiency to close her out of the match.
She used crazy excessive balls to initially wrong-foot Sabalenka after which showcased her straightforward energy, hitting 16 winners to solely six unforced errors and creating good angles from the baseline.
The one blip got here when she discovered herself 15-30 down as she served for the primary set. Nonetheless, Andreeva calmly hit three aces in a row to take the lead and by no means appeared again.
Second seed Sabalenka had taping on her knee however it didn’t appear to hinder her – this, relatively, was a efficiency much like among the collapses she has had this 12 months.
From having a double-break lead, Sabalenka solely gained an extra 10 factors within the match as Andreeva dominated.
The Belarusian hit 23 unforced errors and failed to provide a single ace at Indian Wells, the place she gained the WTA Tour title earlier this 12 months.
Sabalenka misplaced deciding units on the French Open and Berlin Open by a 6-0 scoreline this 12 months, however this was a a lot faster unravelling than these matches.
The consequence means the winner of the ultimate group match on Friday between Sabalenka and Elina Svitolina will advance to the semi-finals, whereas Andreeva goes via because the group winner.