Mirra Andreeva beat Aryna Sabalenka 6-4, 6-0, winning the last 11 games, to clinch Group 2 at the WTA Finals, while Elina Svitolina came from a set down to beat Karolina Muchova 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 and set up a Friday decider with Sabalenka for the second semi-final place.
Indian Wells, California: Group 2 settled its first semi-finalist on Wednesday, and it did so with a result few would have predicted at the start of the afternoon. Mirra Andreeva, the 19-year-old No. 3 seed, beat world No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka 6-4, 6-0 to make it two wins from two on her WTA Finals debut. She joins Linda Noskova, who had booked a Group 1 semi-final place on Tuesday. In the day’s other match, Elina Svitolina fought back to beat Karolina Muchova and end her tournament.
Andreeva wins the last 11 games
Sabalenka started the better of the two, broke early and led 4-1 in the opening set. Then the match turned. Andreeva won the next five games to take the set 6-4 and carried that momentum straight into the second, breaking early and leaving Sabalenka without a game. Between 4-1 down and the final point, Andreeva won 11 consecutive games.
It was the second straight-sets win of the week for Andreeva, who had opened Group 2 on Monday with a 6-4, 6-0 win over Svitolina. It also echoed the 2025 Indian Wells final, which Andreeva won against Sabalenka. For Sabalenka, who has lost two finals at this event, in 2022 and 2025, and is still chasing her first title, the defeat leaves her semi-final hopes in the balance.
Svitolina answers a first-set deficit
Muchova took the first set. She broke Svitolina twice to lead 5-2, Svitolina broke back, and Muchova served out the set 6-3. Svitolina then took a medical timeout, received treatment on court and returned looking like a different player.
She broke twice in the second set to level the match 6-2 and did the same in the decider, breaking for 2-1 and again for 5-2 before serving out the match 6-2. The win lifted Svitolina to 1-1 in the group after her opening loss to Andreeva and left Muchova at 0-2 and eliminated.
A Friday decider for the last semi-final place
The group now comes down to one match. Andreeva is through as group winner at 2-0, Sabalenka and Svitolina are both 1-1, and they meet on Friday for the second semi-final place. Muchova, out of contention, still plays Andreeva in her final group match. The semi-finals follow on Saturday.
Group 1 is also not quite finished. Noskova is through, and the group’s final matches on Thursday will decide whether Gauff or Pegula joins her, with Noskova playing Pegula and Gauff facing Kostyuk.
WTA Finals Group 2, Indian Wells, Wednesday 11 November 2026: Mirra Andreeva beat Aryna Sabalenka 6-4, 6-0. Elina Svitolina beat Karolina Muchova 3-6, 6-2, 6-2. Group 2 after round two: Andreeva 2-0 (qualified), Sabalenka 1-1, Svitolina 1-1, Muchova 0-2 (eliminated). Friday: Sabalenka v Svitolina; Muchova v Andreeva.
