The first racket of Ukraine Elina Svitolina, who recently won the WTA Finals, admitted that she was the key factor in her victory.

"I was approaching a tournament with zero expectations.. I guess I was an outsider, nobody expected anything from me.. And just that motivated me - I was extremely tough on the court.

I would not say that it was my best tennis, but I worked a lot and good physical shape helped me. The main thing is that I have proved a lot to myself. But most of all I am pleased with how I was able to cope with the psychological pressure, "the WTA website quotes Elina as saying..

Recall, thanks to the victory in the tournament in Singapore, Svitolina burst into the top 4 rankings of the best tennis players in the world.