Canada's Dabrowski, Brazil's Stefani advance to semifinals at WTA Finals after perfect group stage

Ottawa’s Gabriela Dabrowski and Brazil’s Luisa Stefani advanced to the doubles semifinals at the WTA Finals after defeating Latvia’s Jelena Ostapenko and Taiwan’s Su-Wei Hsieh 2-6, 7-6 (2), 10-3 on Friday in Indian Wells, Calif.

The top-seeded Dabrowski and Stefani, who went 3-0 in round-robin play, will face American Taylor Townsend and Kateřina Siniaková of the Czech Republic on Saturday.

In singles play, Elina Svitolina overcame Aryna Sabalenka 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 to reach the semifinals earlier on Friday, winning on her fourth match point.

Both players had more errors than winners. Svitolina hit 21 winners, made 24 errors and won six of eight break points in beating Sabalenka for the first time in six years and just the second in their eight career meetings.

"She gave me a few chances here and there so I could find my shots," said Svitolina, who won the Finals in 2018, was runner-up in 2019 and then didn't qualify again until this year.

Sabalenka, who was runner-up at last year's Finals, rallied to take the second set and was up an early break in the third before coming undone with 35 errors. Her trademark frustration took over, as she talked to herself, gestured, shook her head and appeared disgusted. She didn't speak to the media afterward.

Svitolina will face Wimbledon champion Linda Noskova in the semifinals Saturday at Indian Wells Tennis Garden. Svitolina became a first-time mother four years ago.

"I want my daughter to see me win tournaments," she said.

Mirra Andreeva won 12 of the final 13 games to cruise past Diana Shnaider 6-2, 6-1 and will play Jessica Pegula in the other semifinal. The Russian teenager dropped just 11 games total in winning Group 2 with a 3-0 record.

Shnaider, the second alternate, was a late