In the midst of a storm of criticism by players about the state of the courts of WTA Finalsdue to the lack of tournament promotion or calendar distribution, the women’s tennis body rose another problem in Cancun in the form of weather conditions. As indicated by the forecasts, The rain appeared on Thursday to further reverse the ‘teacher tournament’ that is taking place in the territory of Mexico.
Once the plenary session is sealed in the group stage of Jessica Pegulaafter their 6-3 and 6-2 victory over Maria Sakkari, appeared on the court to play one of the great duels in the first round of the tournament Aryna Sabalenka and Elena Rybakina. In a match for survival, with Pegula topping group A and the Belarusian and the Kazakh playing for second place, rain forced the match to be stopped before the end of the second set.
In 6-2 for Sabalenka in the first, Rybakina’s turn in the second to break, with 5-3 and serve., try to take the game to the third round. Although the outcome will have to wait until this Friday. Not only a pass to the semifinals is at stake, but the future of this match This could be the key in the fight for number 1: If Sabalenka wins, she will take a very important step towards this, but if she loses she will be eliminated and therefore in the hands of what Iga Swiatek does for the rest of the tournament.
The problem for the WTA is that, in a tournament played outdoors and with the risk of a storm disrupting, There is only one court available to play the matches. This is a drawback because It is expected that this Friday rain will be the star again on a dizzying schedule to try to get through the day.
Nothing less than Five games are scheduled this Friday in the race against time to try to bring the tournament to a successful conclusion on the scheduled dates. So, the day starts at 5:30 pm Spanish time with two doubles matches. At 9:00 pm the continuation of Sabalenka-Rybakina is scheduled, with the jump to the resolution of the other group scheduled not earlier than 11:00 pm, first with Coco Gauff-Marketa Vondrousova and then with Iga Swiatek-Ons Jabeur. With all the swords in that group B and the key match of group A being red hot, The WTA is crossing its fingers that the heavens respect and do not reverse the WTA Finals 2023.
Source: La Verdad
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