Svitolina breaks into top 10 after winning title in Dubai

Elina Svitolina beat Caroline Wozniacki 6-4, 6-2 to win a rain-delayed final at the Dubai Tennis Championships yesterday which sent her into the top 10.
The Ukrainian cracked the elite on tenth for the first time as she defeated 2011 champion Wozniacki, a former world number one seven years ago.
Svitolina’s victory in a match which began two hours late due to weather marked the biggest win of her career.
The Ukrainian, who won the Taipei title this season, spent 54 minutes in claiming the first set in a battle of long points, with Wozniacki saving two set points – one with a second-serve ace – before losing from a forehand long.
Svitolina took a 3-2 lead in the second set on a break, then reached 5-2 before drilling a forehand winner down the line for victory after less than 90 minutes. Wozniacki was playing her second final in as many weeks after finishing runner-up in Doha to Karolina Pliskova.
Del Potro advances
Former US Open winner Juan Martin del Potro defeated defending champ Sam Querrey in straight sets to reach his second straight Delray Beach Open semi-final yesterday.The victory sets up a mouth-watering battle with top seed Canadian Milos Raonic.
The seventh seeded del Potro, who won this ATP Tour event in 2011, beat American wild card Querrey 7-5, 7-5 in a 93 minute match on Stadium Court.
The Argentinian hammered eight aces, had two double faults and won 87 % of his first serves points while overcoming 16 aces by Querrey. De Potro has split his two career meetings with Raonic, but they haven’t played in four years.
“It’s going to be a big chance for me,” said del Potro. “He’s the favorite and is playing so good, but I want to see how my level is against the top players at this part of the year.”
Little separated del Potro and Querrey during their quarter-final match, but the Argentinian gained the lone break in each set at 5-5. He denied Querrey any break point chances. Del Potro reached the semi-finals of this event last year before going on to win 32 matches and being named the Tour’s comeback player of the year for the second time.
 The 28-year-old Argentinian, who won the 2009 US Open title, has endured three left wrist and one right wrist surgeries in his career.
Raonic booked his semi-final berth by rallying to beat Britain’s Kyle Edmund 4-6, 6-3, 6-4.
The 26-year-old hard-serving Canadian blasted 10 aces and won 90 % of his first serve points against eighth-seeded Edmund in their first-career meeting.