WTA Finals Singapore 2014–2018: 5 Glorious Years, 5 Great Champions

2018: Elina Svitolina (Ukraine)

Elina Svitolina - 2018 WTA Finals Champion

Unlike the previous four years, the eventual champion was not to come from the “Red group” this time around. Elina Svitolina entered the tournament as the sixth seed and was placed in the “White group” along with the number two seed and defending champion, Caroline Wozniacki. The other two players in the group were Petra Kvitova and Karolina Pliskova.

Svitolina’s form before coming to Singapore was quite poor – she had lost four out of her six previous matches. But she turned her form around and remained undefeated in the group stage to win the group.

the semi-final, she met another surprise contender: Kiki Bertens. She saw her off in a tight three-setter, to set up the final clash with Sloane Stephens. The final was another three-setter, in which Svitolina came from behind to win the biggest title of her career - so far.

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For Amarjeet Nayak, sports is a part of life. From Federer, the "GoAT" to Sachin, the "God", he has lived the agony and ecstasy of his favourite sports persons along with them, but with the passage of time he has learnt to love sports a wee bit more than the sports persons. He understands that his favourite sports persons just play a small, but significant part in the glorious history of various sports, but no sports person is above sports. Though tennis takes up much of the time that he dedicates to sports, he keenly follows India's national pastime Cricket as well as football, badminton, hockey, and athletics, to name a few.

As a sports analyst, he would like to be a part of the constant conversation about sports and sports persons. Through his sportskeeda columns, he would like to share his thoughts on various sports and sports persons, with his fellow sports lovers.

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