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Romanian tennis player Simona Halep, the world's no. five, was defeated by Ukrainian Elina Svitolina, 7-5, 6-3, on Wednesday in a match of the Purple Group of the 2019 Shiseido WTA Finals Shenzhen (China).
Halep secured a cheque worth 570,000 dollars and 375 WTA points.
Simona Halep needs a victory in her last match, against Karolina Pliskova (the Czech Republic), on Friday, to qualify for the semifinals.
