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Tournament top seed Elina Svitolina of Ukraine has survived a major scare to beat British qualifier Sonay Kartal 6-4 6-7 7-6 and advance to the semi-finals of the ASB Classic in Auckland.
Svitolina told Sky Sport the final set was stressful.
"A tiebreaker, of course, it's always very very difficult and challenging," she said. "All the credit to Sonay, she played unbelievable today.
"I think she even deserved more than me to win today, to be fair."
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