Svitolina to semi whipped by the family: "They would get angry if I gave up the match"

"Every time I go out on the track I have to win," says Svitolina to the WTA's website and invokes a speech within the family.

- My parents educated me in this way: That I have to fight for every thing, I have to give a hundred percent every time I play. They would be very angry if I gave up this match, as did my grandmother, she would be very sad, Svitolina from Shenzhen, China continues.

Even before the match, the Ukrainian was ready for seminars from the "purple group". In the second set, she saved two set balls and won on her sixth match ball. Svitolina will face Belinda Bencic from the Red Group in Saturday's semi-finals.

Kenin jumped in instead of injured Bianca Andreescu. For the only match, Kenin received 1.6 million. With her victory suite, Svitolina has the chance to take home the big pot of SEK 46 million if she were to win the tournament again. The highest prize in women's sports history.

In today's second match in the purple group, Karolina Pliskova won over Simona Halep with 6-0.2-6.6-4 and went to the semi-finals against world set Ashleigh Barty.