the china Zheng Qinwengold medal at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, and the Czech Barbora KrejcikovaWimbledon champions, ensured their presence in WTA Finals which will be held in Riyadh from November 2 to 9 and will complete the list of contenders for victory in the event that will bring together the eight best players of the season.
Zheng, the first Chinese player to participate in this competition since Li Na in 2013, who was the runner-up, defeated by the American Serena Williams, was a finalist at the Australian Open. Krejcikova entered the finals as Wimbledon champion. This is my second time playing in this tournament.
Zheng and Krejcikova join Polish Iga Swiatek, Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, Americans Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula, Kazakh Elena Rybakina and Italian Jasmine Paolini.
“In 2024 there are eleven different winners of the Grand Slam and WTA 1000 tournaments, so the incentives to the WTA Finals have increased. We look forward to the start of the first year of the WTA Finals in Riyadh,” said Garbiñe Muguruza, director of WTA Finals in 2024.
Source: La Verdad
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