The final women’s tennis tournament, the WTA Finals Riyadh (Saudi Arabia/Riyadh, Hard), held the singles semi-finals on the 7th, where No. 1 seed A. Sabalenka defeated No. 4 seed A. Anisimova (USA) in a hard-fought full-set battle 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, advancing to the final for the second time in three years and putting herself on the cusp of winning her first championship.
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This tournament is the last tournament of the season in which the top eight players in terms of points earned this season will participate. Eight players will be divided into groups of four to compete in a preliminary round robin, with the top two from each group advancing to the semifinals.
Sabalenka, 27 years old and ranked number one in the world, will be participating in the tournament for the fifth consecutive year. Their best result was runner-up in 2022.
In this tournament, they won all three games in the qualifying round robin and decided to advance to the semi-finals.
In the semifinals, where she faced Anisimova, 24 years old and ranked No. 4 in the world, Sabalenka got two breaks and won the first set, but conceded three breaks in the second set and was caught up to one set all.
Still, in the final set, Sabalenka won points on her first serve 86 percent of the time, never allowing her opponent a break, and in the return game she got two breaks in the final stages to win a fierce battle that lasted 2 hours and 21 minutes.
In the other semi-final held on the same day, 6th seed E. Rubakina (Kazakhstan) defeated 5th seed J. Pegula (USA) 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 to advance to the final for the first time.
As a result, the final of this tournament will be a face-off between Sabalenka and Rubakina. Lubakina also made it through the qualifying round robin with all wins, so whichever player wins in the finals, they will win all the games and claim their first championship of the tournament.
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