The defending champions, the Polish, were eliminated in the group stage Iga SwiatekThe WTA Finals in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia)he Masters women, reach the semifinals this Friday with one thing clear: there will be a new champion.
Aryna Sabalenkathe assured world number 1 of the year, is the main favorite to win the ‘master’ title for the first time in his career, the most important after four Grand Slams: the Belarusian has three majors, two Australian Open (2023, 2024) and the US Open of this year.
The Belarusian topped her group and will be looking for a final against the American Coco Gauff (3rd), was relegated at the last minute to second place in the group after losing two set matches Barbora Krejcikovawho will face off this Friday (4:00 pm) in the first semi-final against Qinwen Zheng (7th), pupil of the Catalan coach Pere Riba.
The Czech is currently ranked 13th in the world, but made it to the WTA Finals thanks to the rule that grants a ticket to the tournament to the champion of a Grand Slam title who is in the top-20 at the time. Krejcikova, who reigned Wimbledon and now he’s still in contention for the Masters, having lost his only previous match to Zheng, the final of Zhengzhou WTA of 2023 by 6-2, 2-6 and 6-4.
Sabalenka and Gauff will unbalance in Riyadh the balance that is currently between them after eight games (4-4), the last two resolved in favor of the Belarusian, both this year in their respective semifinals of Australian Open (7-6, 6-4) and Wuhan WTA (1-6, 6-4, 6-4).
Source: La Verdad
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