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The 25-year-old is hoping to end a barren season on a high having failed to win a title since last year's WTA Finals triumph.
Svitolina slowly clawed her way back into the match and broke in the fourth game as Pliskova's radar went awry.
Elina shares with Onmanorama her evolution from an amateur baker to a sought-after pro who sets the bar high.
Andreescu beat Serena Williams 6-3, 7-5 in Saturday's final to maintain a 13-match unbeaten run, where she also won the Canadian Open, to break into the top 10 for the first time in her career.
Serena Williams had the chance to equal Margaret Court's all-time record but instead it was Canadian teenager Bianca Andreescu who grabbed the trophy with a 6-3, 7-5 win.
The semi-final offered a classic matchup of styles with Williams and her prodigious power up against Svitolina, one of the best counter punches in the women's game.
Svitolina, who broke the psychological barrier of reaching a Grand Slam semifinal at Wimbledon in July, became the first Ukrainian to make the last four of the US Open with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Britain's Johanna Konta.
Serena Williams claimed her 100th win at the US Open in style, dismantling her quarterfinal opponent Wang Qiang 6-1, 6-0 in a blistering 44-minute performance.
Djokovic, champion in four of the past five Slams and 16 overall, was less bothered by left shoulder pain that nagged him in the second round in defeating 111th-ranked American Denis Kudla 6-3, 6-4, 6-2.
Djokovic was treated for a sore left shoulder throughout his 6-4, 7-6 (7/3), 6-1 victory over Argentina's 56th-ranked Juan Ignacio Londero.