Svetlana Kuznetsova has continued her amazing run at the 2016 WTA Finals in Singapore on Wednesday, winning her second straight match against Czech Republic’s Karolina Pliskova, punching her ticket for the tournament’s semi-final stage.
Kuznetsova’s run in Singapore is impressive for various reasons. Not only did the Russian qualify for the event with a last-minute title run in Moscow that forced her to rush to Singapore without any rest or preparation, the two-time slam winner has clinched both wins playing two marathon three-set matches, seemingly running on an endless supply of energy this week.
While Kuznetsova is shaping up to become the main story of this year’s finals, a player that made headlines at the 2015 event is majorly struggling.