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Elina Svitolina beat Linda Noskova 6-2 6-1 in 64 minutes at the WTA Finals, dropping only three games, to reach the final against Mirra Andreeva. Svitolina said after losing her opening group match to Andreeva she had been ready to go home, and she has since won three straight matches, including ending a six-match losing run to Aryna Sabalenka. Svitolina, now back in the world's top 10 for the first time since October 2021, hit fewer unforced errors than Noskova, who made 27 and 11 double faults. Aryna Sabalenka apologised after a viral clip showed her swearing in Russian during her 6-3 3-6 6-1 defeat by Svitolina, and denied that she had insulted the Ukrainian. Sabalenka wrote on social media that her comment was not directed at Elina and that she had been frustrated by a small group of spectators aggressively cheering her mistakes. She said she should have handled it differently, apologised to anyone offended, and wished Svitolina all the best. BBC Sport reported that some commentators had read the remark as an insult to Svitolina or Ukrainians generally, and noted that Ukrainian players do not shake hands with Russian or Belarusian players because of the invasion of their country.