THE WOMEN’S Tennis Association (WTA) finals continue tonight with the final group stage matches with just one more spot in the semi finals up for grabs.
Ranked number two in the WTA rankings, Aryna Sabalenka once again came into the finals as one of the favourites to win the competition.
A comfortable straight sets victory over Karolina Muchova saw her tournament bid get off to a routine start, putting her in good stead for the semi-finals.
However, a shock defeat to Mirra Andreeva in the second of the round-robin fixtures meant she was left having to win her final game of Group B to progress to the last four.
This has set up a winner-takes-all clash in the final round of group stage fixtures, where she will face this year’s Wimbledon finalist Elina Svitolina, with the victor joining group winner Andreeva in the last four.
Tonight’s fixture is expected to be a very close one, due to their impressive respective records.
In Group A, American number one Coco Gauff was very unfortunate to miss out on progressing to the last four, despite winning two of her three group games.
Marta Kostyuk, however, struggled, as she fell to defeat in all three fixtures.
Linda Noskova managed to top the group over runner up Jessica Pegula, due to having a better set difference.
After tonight’s games, the knockout fixtures will be set in place for this weekend before a winner is crowned.
Image: Aryna Sabalenka winning a point in the WTA Finals.
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