He group A of the WTA Finals has ended this Wednesday with a Elena Rybakina’s victory over Aryna Sabalenka. The Kazakh player bid farewell to Riyadh with a good feeling in a match that was more meaningless than hauling in the WTA points that Rybakina added to the classification.
The number 1 in the world has fallen 6-4, 3-6 and 6-1though the match was irrelevant for the future of the tournament. Sabalenka entered the final day as group champion and Rybakina did so without any chance of advancing to the semifinals. They will conclude this Thursday at the end of group B.
Sabalenka approached the match with peace of mind with both semifinals spots and the season’s number 1 tied. The Belarusian suffered badly on her second serve and it cost her the first set to run away with her 6-4. Improvement in that facet helped her hold off Rybakina in the second set, but the Kazakh proved difficult on her serve in the third set and took advantage of Sabalenka’s concessions to her to close out her 2024 season with a victory. .
It continues for Sabalenka, who awaits an opponent in the semifinals. Now that’s for sure Coco Gauff will face Qinwen Zheng with them and the Belarusian will do it against the second in group B, which will be determined this Thursday with Iga Swiatek and Barbora Krejcikova as options. Krejcikova depends on herselfas Swiatek will only advance if she beats Daria Kasatkina, recovers after Jessica Pegula withdraws due to injury, and if Gauff beats the Czech. Any other combination would favor the reigning Wimbledon champion.
Source: La Verdad
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